It was about a year ago that the Internet received the loudest wake-up call of its young life – when a distributed denial-of-service attack was launched against its root servers. While the attack lasted only about an hour, the lessons have endured, and now the root server operators are using a new routing technique to defend against such attacks. ‘Net security gets root-level boost http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1027ddos.html?net
It was about a year ago that the Internet received the loudest wake-up call of its young life – when a distributed denial-of-service attack was launched against its root servers. While the attack lasted only about an hour, the lessons have endured, and now the root server operators are using a new routing technique to defend against such attacks.
‘Net security gets root-level boost
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1027ddos.html?net
California wins first state suit against spammers
Looks like California takes its fight against spam more seriously than it does its gubernatorial elections. The state recently clinched a lawsuit against an e-mail marketer, and a court slapped the marketer with a $2 million fine.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1027califwins.html?net
IP net management could get easier
A proposed standard under construction at the Internet Engineering Task Force promises to extract more traffic statistics from corporations’ network gear, which proponents say will help them develop usage-based billing and more easily spot security breaches.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1027ipfix.html?net
Q&A: Head of AT&T business sales talks turkey
Chris Rooney was named president of business sales at AT&T in April after having joined the company in February 2002 as head of its government services division. Rooney recently met with Network World Senior Editor Denise Pappalardo to discuss contract negotiations, the competitive landscape, customer satisfaction and how to increase revenue.
