[kictanet] ICANN publishes DNS Attack Factsheet

[John Walubengo]

Nice overview. It is good to know how the core components
of the Internet were hit in Feb 2007 for several hours
without end-users experiencing interruptions...

However, the url given seems to have been broken but I
tried the one below and picked the report.

http://www.icann.org/announcements/

walu.

--- "A. Wanjira Munyua" <alice at apc.org> wrote:

>  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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