[kictanet] DDOS attack on Root Servers

[Njeri Rionge]

Agree...


On 2/9/07 1:58 PM, "Kagwe James" <JKagwe at aforbes.co.ke> wrote:

> 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=HOM
>> E&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,
>> 

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