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DNS Root Servers Attacked

Posted by kdawson on from the flexing-muscles dept.

liquidat and others wrote in with the news that the DNS Root Servers were attacked overnight. It looks like the F, I, and M servers felt the attack and recovered, whereas G (US Department of Defense) and L (ICANN) did less well. Some new botnet flexing its muscle perhaps? AP coverage is here.

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  1. asdfadsf by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    asdfadshj

  2. Team name spelling their initals in the snow by DarkLegacy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    EFIMGL... LIFE GM. (Grandmaster) Apparently some group isn't 'flexing their muscle' as you so put it but probably spreading their initals in the form of taking down DNS servers corresponding with their team name.

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    127.0.0.1
  3. mod 04 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    About outside something cool Giv*e BSD credit MOST. LOOK AT THE

  4. Re:That's a pretty bold accusation by theashworld · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Are you sure you are not a politician?

  5. Re:Viruses on Linux is no business by cheater512 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I hear that a awful lot.
    Unfortunately its disproven very simply.

    On average, what kind of computers run Linux?
    Yes thats right. Multi-processor beasts on massive net connections.

    If it was possible to make a Linux virus which would successfully spread in the wild then we would have *very* serious spam and botnet problems.
    There is far more money in spam than malware.