[kictanet] DDOS attack on Root Servers

[Kagwe James]

Just thought it's not wise to broadcast information about physical location for root servers. May trigger physically attacks. 

 Just a thought.........

Regards,

James Kagwe


-----Original Message-----
From: kictanet-bounces+jkagwe=aforbes.co.ke at kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+jkagwe=aforbes.co.ke at kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Nick Wambugu
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 1:09 PM
To: Kagwe James
Subject: Re: [kictanet] DDOS attack on Root Servers

Thanks Mich, the information is quite good as security is one of the
major concern nowadays. Also to informs guys that we got these servers
hosted at KIXP/TESPOK.

Thanks,
Nick.

On Fri, 2007-02-09 at 10:50 +0300, Michuki Mwangi wrote:
> FYI,
> 
> Communiqué from RIPE about massive DDos attack again root servers that
> happened on 6th Feb 2007:
> 
> http://www.ripe.net/news/global-root-server.html
> 
> In the press:
> 
> http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INTERNET_ATTACKS?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
> 
> It is worth noting that Kenya is host to two Root Servers namely F-Root
> and J-Root in addition to serving .COM,.NET and .KE Root zones locally.
> In essence adding resilience to the local Internet infrastructure and
> making it independent of the external disruptions.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
-- 
All what I can is what i can and do..... God give I strength....


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