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DOS Attacks On DNS Provider

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the going-after-the-big-boys dept.

Greedo writes "Seems like UltraDNS was hit with a denial of service attack this weekend. Since these are the guys who are supposed to be running the .ORG DNS, and in light of recent attacks on the gTLD roots, attacks against DNS servers should be treated very seriously. What kind of protection can be had? What happens when an attack like this brings down an entire TLD? Do you want to give control of an entire gTLD to one organization? Read a follow-up discussion on comp.protoocols.dns.std."

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  1. IN SOVIET RUSSIA... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    We have MS-DOS attacks on DNS providers.

  2. So Ironic.... by b96miata · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That on my refresh which brought this story up on the home page, the banner directly above it was, for one dollar a month, the world's most reliable dns, ULTRA DNS!!! haha to them.

  3. Re:Why attack the DNS-servers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I mean, isn't that a bit counterproductive?

    "Yes, I brought the entire DNS-system crashing down! I'm l337! Now, all I have to do is to go online and brag about my exploits... Hmmm... There seems to be something wrong with my net-connection..."

  4. What we need by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Is more bandwidth... Yup.

  5. DOS by utahjazz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Well at least we can all breathe a sigh of relief when Microsoft retires DOS at the end of the year.

  6. Let's help ddosing UltraDNS by dark-br · · Score: 1, Redundant

    So it have been DDosed? Let's givem some help /.'ing them too!