[kictanet] ICANN publishes DNS Attack Factsheet

[A. Wanjira Munyua]

 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 recent attack on
> 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, 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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