The most probable terrorist attack on the internet would be a DOS/DDOS attack to further disrupt communications within the U.S. and around the world. It is evident the effect on communications the attacks of this morning have had. While a virus takes time to spread the effects of a DOS attack can be realized in minutes. Since this has not already happened it is more unlikely as time passes. There still may be those who take advantage of our attention being else where, so stay alert. -----Original Message----- From: Rich Puhek [mailto:rpuhekat_private] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 3:45 PM To: incidentsat_private Subject: Terroristic attacks today Has anyone seen, or does anyone anticipate any security threats on the Internet or Internet-based attacks on any given targets in connection with this mornings terroristic attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon? I hadn't considered the possibility, assuming that parties that would fly planes into buildings aren't likely to be interested in writing viruses. We did have one customer voluntarily disable their Internet connection for the next 24-hours out of concern for "viruses". They said something about a warning from the FBI. The FBI's website is apparantly unreachable (or overloaded) at the moment. --Rich _________________________________________________________ Rich Puhek ETN Systems Inc. _________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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