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Attack on the DNS ?

Subject: Attack on the DNS ?
From: marshall.eubanks at gmail.com (Marshall Eubanks)
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 05:05:46 -0400

Anyone seen signs of this attack actually occurring ?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/31/technology/with-advance-warning-bracing-for-attack-on-internet-by-anonymous.html?_r=1

<snip>
The message called it Operation Global Blackout, and rallied Anonymous
supporters worldwide to attack the Domain Name System, which converts
human-friendly domain names like google.com into numeric addresses
that are more useful for computers.

It declared when the attack would be carried out: March 31. And it
detailed exactly how: by bombarding the Domain Name System with junk
traffic in an effort to overwhelm it altogether.
<snip>

Regards
Marshall

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