The leaves take a while to wilt after the roots are cut.(It takes a while for the DNS information to expire, so the root servers are used) This is certainly more than a few hours in the case of DNS servers, and often a LOT longer. THAT is all I am saying. Giving terrorists so much credit merely encourages them.
In truth, no one REALLY cares if their domain is in the root servers. They aren't hit all that often. It is the AOLs and Earthlinks, etc..., nameservers that they REALLY want to be in. Those are initially loaded, and refreshed by the root servers. Unfortunately, it also takes a while for the leaves to improve after fertilizing.(The DNS servers take a while to refresh with modified information) Steve >-- Original Message -- >From: "Charles Daminato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: root servers attacked >Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 12:21:02 -0400 > > >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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >
