[Earlier today I taped CNBC's Capital Report, which will air at 9 pm ET and 12 midnight ET tonight. It's hosted by Alan Murray and Tyler Mathisen. We talked about the attacks on the root servers and terrorism in general. I'm not sure if I said anything particularly cogent, but if for some reason you want to tune in, details are here: http://www.cnbcmarketplace.com/cnbc/prog_capital_report.html --Declan] --- There's also: "Large-Scale Attack Cripples Internet Backbone" By David McGuire and Brian Krebs http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2406-2002Oct22.html --- http://news.com.com/2100-1001-963095.html Net attack flops, but threat persists By Robert Lemos Staff Writer, CNET News.com October 23, 2002, 1:10 PM PT A widespread but unsophisticated attack on the computers that act as the address books for the Internet failed to cause any major problems, but experts warn that more security is necessary. Beginning Monday, a flood of data barraged the Internet's 13 domain-name service (DNS) root servers in what's known as a denial-of-service attack. But the simple nature of the attack, and the system's resiliency, allowed administrators to quickly block the data stream. According to security experts, a more sophisticated attack could have disrupted the root servers long enough to impair Net access. Had the attack prevented access to the servers for eight to 10 hours, the average computer user may have noticed slower response times, said Craig Labovitz, director of network security firm Arbor Networks. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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