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More Info on the October 2002 DNS Attacks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the lag-time dept.

MondoMor writes "One of the guys who invented DNS, Paul Mockapetris, has written an article at ZDnet about the October '02 DNS attacks. Quoting the article: "Unlike most DDoS attacks, which fade away gradually, the October strike on the root servers stopped abruptly after about an hour, probably to make it harder for law enforcement to trace." Interesting stuff."

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  1. In other news.... by Malicious · · Score: 5, Funny
    Meanwhile, Theives broke into a local jewlery store, then left.

    Unfortunatley, the theives didn't wait for law enforcement officials to show up, making it much harder to identify them.

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    1. Re:In other news.... by Jugalator · · Score: 5, Funny

      The analogy might be more like a cereal killer who mysteriously stops after a few crimes

      How is it a crime to kill cereal?

      Yeah, I guess it's a bit agressive, but hardly a crime. They come up with all sorts of weight watching schemes these days and I suppose cereal killing is just one in the crowd. And just like many other such schemes, this proves that method doesn't work very well, since he suddenly stopped.

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  2. Hrrrmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...the October strike on the root servers stopped abruptly after about an hour, probably to make it harder for law enforcement to trace."

    Hrrrrmmm. That makes it look deliberate. Hrrrrmmm.