UPDATE: Lessons learned from Internet root server attack
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Carolyn Duffy Marsan
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Network World
, 02/08/2007
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There’s some good news and some bad news for corporate network managers about the latest Internet root server attack.
The good news is that the Internet demonstrated once again that it is the most resilient network infrastructure ever built.
Companies shouldn’t be afraid to put mission-critical applications such as voice and streaming video on the `Net because of these attacks, security experts say.
The bad news is that that the Internet continues to be a target for vandals and criminals, particularly those looking to make
money through extortion, fraud or theft. Experts say that most corporate Web sites and IP networks couldn’t withstand the
ferocity of the latest attacks.
"These attacks weren’t that substantial," says Danny McPherson, chief research officer for Arbor Networks, which provides
detection services for these types of attacks. "They’ve gotten a lot of attention, but they’re not as significant as the attacks
we see every day against our customers, which are much more targeted and more damaging."
Steve Bellovin, an Internet security expert and professor of computer science at Columbia University, agrees.
"I’d be more worried about somebody trying to target my corporation than somebody trying to target the infrastructure because
no one corporation has the kind of replication and bandwidth that the infrastructure has at this point," Bellovin says.
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UPDATE: Lessons learned from Internet root server attackBy Anonymous on February 9, 2007, 11:56 am"We worked closely with those in the organization to minimize that attack," I wonder how it would work if all other communication between the organization would...
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