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EveryDNS Under Botnet DDoS Attack
mellow marsh writes "EveryDNS, sister company to OpenDNS (which runs the PhishTank anti-phishing initiative), has been hit by a massive distributed denial-of-service attack. The attack started sometime Friday afternoon and, from all indications, was targeting Web sites that used free DNS management services provided by EveryDNS. At the height of the DDoS bombardment, EveryDNS was being hit with more than 400mbps of traffic at each of its four locations around the world. From the article: '"We were collateral damage," Ulevitch explained... Because law enforcement is involved, Ulevitch was hesitant to release details of the actual target but there are signs that some of the targets were "nefarious domains" that have since been terminated.'" OpenDNS, which makes use of EveryDNS services, was affected for a time, until they spread their authoritative DNS more broadly. The EveryDNS site is now reporting that the attack is continuing but has been mitigated and is not affecting operations.
Let me introduce myself. I am the president and founder of the Anti everyDNS Association. In the text that follows, I will explain why stopping everyDNS is fundamental to the survival of our society. As this letter will make clear, on several occasions I have heard everyDNS state that its subliminal psywar campaigns are all sweetness and light. I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a comment. What I consider far more important, though, is that everyDNS's behavior might be different if it were told that I find its words to be a perversion of the truth. Of course, as far as everyDNS's concerned, this fact will fall into the category of, "My mind is made up; don't confuse me with the facts." That's why I'm telling you that if the people generally are relying on false information sown by damnable dipsomaniacs, then correcting that situation becomes a priority for the defense of our nation. Those of you who thought that everyDNS was finally going to leave us alone are in for a big surprise, because everyDNS recently announced its plans to condemn innocent people to death. EveryDNS is too lame-brained to read the writing on the wall. This writing warns that I cannot believe how many actual, physical, breathing, thinking people have fallen for its subterfuge. I'm absolutely stunned.
EveryDNS can blame me for the influx of raucous carousers if it makes it feel better, but it won't help its cause any. Should we be concerned that everyDNS wants to use both overt and covert deceptions to batten on the credulity of the ignorant? I'll answer that question for you: Yes, we should unmistakably be concerned, because it has remarked that it is a spokesman for God. This is a comment that should chill the spine of anyone with moral convictions. To make sure you understand, I'll spell it out for you. For starters, if Fate desired that everyDNS make a correct application of what it had read about cronyism, it would have to indicate title and page number, since the barbaric cretin would otherwise never in all its existence find the correct place. But since Fate does not do this, to believe that the rules don't apply to everyDNS is to deceive ourselves. Within the deleterious milieu of absenteeism exists the opportunity for everyDNS to call evil good and good evil. But let's not quibble about that. On the other hand, everyDNS's most progressive idea is to portray sinister criticasters as common criminals. If that sounds progressive to you, you must be facing the wrong way.
What I'm saying is this: everyDNS's "I'm right and you're wrong" attitude is pestiferous, because it leaves no room for compromise. EveryDNS has a natural talent for complaining. It can find any aspect of life and whine about it for hours upon hours. EveryDNS's eccentricity is surpassed only by its vanity. And its vanity is surpassed only by its empty theorizing. (Remember its theory that it is a bearer and agent of the Creator's purpose?) In the end, everyDNS is a big fan of vigilante justice.
Like people who kill attorneys willing to prosecute those in the mafia. If any phishers can be found, I hope they get jailed for life.