Nice overview. It is good to know how the core components of the Internet were hit in Feb 2007 for several hours without end-users experiencing interruptions... However, the url given seems to have been broken but I tried the one below and picked the report. http://www.icann.org/announcements/ walu. --- "A. Wanjira Munyua" <alice@apc.org> wrote:
ICANN's published a very good summary of the February 6 attack on the
root server system.
<http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-08mar07.htm>
"ICANN has today released a factsheet concerning the
the root server system on 6 February 2007. The factsheet is intended to provide an explanation of the attack for a non-technical audience in the hope of enlarging public understanding surrounding this and related issues.
Aside from covering the attack itself and the engineers' response to it, the factsheet also briefly reviews the root server system, the domain name system, Anycast technology, and what can be done in order to deal with such attacks in future.
It is hoped that the factsheet will be the first in a series, with ICANN's general manager of public participation, Kieren McCarthy, acting as series editor. Future factsheets hope to follow a similar approach of providing clear and topical non-technical information about various aspects of the Internet in which ICANN is involved.
We welcome whatever feedback the community may have,
recent attack on plus suggestions
for future factsheets. Please post any comments you have on the related blog post. This factsheet is released under a Creative Commons licence."
Good to see creative commons license being used, help spread the word. Blog post here <http://blog.icann.org/?p=37 > Factsheet in PDF
<http://www.icann.org/announcements/factsheet-dns-attack-08mar07.pdf>
I imagine Kieren McCarthy would like to hear from
people what he
should be covering next. And any comments on the factsheet itself.
Adam
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