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Oracle Buys Dyn DNS Provider (techcrunch.com)

Posted by msmash on from the big-shark,-small-shark dept.

Oracle announced today it is buying DNS provider Dyn, a company that was in the press lately after it was hit by a large-scale DDoS attack in October that resulted in many popular websites becoming inaccessible. From a TechCrunch report:Oracle plans to add Dyn's DNS solution to its bigger cloud computing platform, which already sells/provides a variety of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) products. Oracle and Dyn didn't disclose the price of the deal but we are trying to find out. Dan Primack reports that it's around $600 million. We've also asked for a comment from Oracle about Dyn's recent breach, and whether the wheels were set in motion for this deal before or after the Mirai botnet attack in October.

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  1. /. Headline 6 months from now by udachny · · Score: 5, Funny

    Expect lawsuits related to your free use of DNS. Now everybody who uses DNS owes Oracle 1 dollar per DNS lookup.

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  2. CDOS? by swm · · Score: 5, Funny

    If Oracle buys a DNS provider, does that constitute a centralized denial-of-service attack?

    1. Re:CDOS? by Big+Hairy+Ian · · Score: 5, Insightful

      No but I do expect the quality of DNS to slip drastically as Oracle downgrade it to the same level as the rest of their products

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  3. Looking for alternatives by BDeblier · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As a Dyn customer, who refuses to give even one lousy cent to Oracle, I'll be on the lookout for alternatives. Suggestions are welcome.

  4. Seems extreme quick unless it was already underway by raymorris · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When I've sold even the tiniest companies, with just two or three employees, it took a few months from initial discussion to a public announcement. I'd be very surprised if a deal this size was done in a month or two. I'd think they probably had a memorandum of understanding, setting a price subject to due diligence, six months ago.