I would appreciate if current events not related to internet and domain activities were kept off the list.
Also - you have a root server? Charles Daminato OpenSRS Product Manager Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:owner-discuss-list@;opensrs.org]On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: October 23, 2002 11:49 AM > To: Alex Brecher; Mark Jeftovic; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: root servers attacked > > > What I would like to know is why they are giving terrorists so > much credit! > > They act like the "D.C. SNIPER" had to have special training, etc.... > NOBODY, regardless of training will try to shoot that far without a scope. > The scope makes things VERY simple! So he MIGHT have to hold his breath > a moment, big deal! One person even said "well he has to account > for trajectory". > THEN, he talked about the power of the ammo.(limiting the need for such > consideration). > > HERE, they say there are only 13 servers that do this on the internet. > That is BULL! I have one, and many people HERE do, tucows probably has > several. > The "ROOT" servers don't come into play until EVERY DNS server cache in > your heirarchy has expired. With my access to my machine from > here probably > 6 DNS caches have to expire. Maybe THAT is why I was on my > system all last > night, and had NO problems! > > THAT is why it can take weeks for a root server dns change to show up. > The internet is designed this way because the bandwidth required to have > 4billion servers to hit those 13 servers is just not there, and they can't > handle it. > > Amazon, for example, probably wasn't affected for even a second. > AOLs, EARTHLINKS, ALABANZAS, etc... DNS servers probably have it cached > constantly. > > Yet news reports make it sound like one kid almost disabled world access > to the internet! > > Steve > > >-- Original Message -- > >From: "Alex Brecher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Mark Jeftovic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: root servers attacked > >Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:14:38 -0400 > > > > > >http://www.msnbc.com/news/824620.asp > > > >Best Regards, > > > >Alex Brecher > > > >Visit us at http://www.Successfulhosting.com > >We'll make your web site a success! > > > >Register your own domain name for only $14.99 at > >http://DiscountDomainRegistry.com > > > >*****PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY PART OF THIS MESSAGE WHEN REPLYING***** > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Mark Jeftovic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 6:30 AM > >Subject: root servers attacked > > > > > >> > >> Apparently there was a DoS attack on the root servers this week, but > >> it went largely unnoticed (if we don't notice it, its unnoticable....;) > >> > >> http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/10/23/internet.attack.ap/ > >> > >> interesting.... > >> > >> -mark > >> > >> -- > >> mark jeftovic > >> http://www.easydns.com > >> http://mark.jeftovic.net > >> > >> > >> > > > >
