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Internet Backbone DDOS "Largest Ever"

Posted by chrisd on from the spinal-tap dept.

wontonenigma writes "It seems that yesterday the root servers of the internet were attacked in a massive Distributed DoS manner. I mean jeeze, only 4 or 5 out of 13 survived according to the WashPost. Check out the orignal Washington Post Article here."

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  1. duh. by WebMasterJoe · · Score: 1, Redundant
    A longer, more extensive attack could have seriously damaged worldwide electronic communications, the source said.
    Wow. I didn't realize a bigger attack could have done more damage. Thanks, Washingtonpost dot com!
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  2. Stories like these..... by mao+che+minh · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Stories like these should make all of us involved in IT really make a push away from easily exploited systems like Microsoft operating systems and the applications/services that run on them. This is not an anti-Microsoft troll, but just the truth in these days and times: we all know the most common targets, we all know what is the most insecure. We should start vocally opposing Microsoft solutions by our management, both the well being of our networks, and the Internet in general.