-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 11:29 PM, Jack Bates <jba...@brightok.net> wrote:
> On 12/2/2010 11:26 PM, Randy Bush wrote: >> >> so, if the site to which a dns entry points suffers a ddos, everydns >> will no longer serve the domain. i hope they apply this policy even >> handedly to all sufferers of ddos. >> > > Given "These attacks have, and future attacks would, threaten the > stability of the EveryDNS.net infrastructure, which enables access to > almost 500,000 other websites." I'd say they had DOS issues with their > nameservers. They can't be expected to let their other domains go down in > efforts to protect a single domain. > > I'm guessing they weathered the problem somewhat, as they actually gave > 24h notice. However, excessive loads and constant monitoring and > protective > measures on a free service would definitely be something a company would > want to stop. > FYI: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101202/22322512099/wikileaks-says-its-si te-has-been-killed.shtml - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.3 (Build 5003) wj8DBQFM+J6Vq1pz9mNUZTMRAocNAKCxe3rX9bz1L7tliKdCJfPOvZZybACgrrRF w3whP9J/zHlrWa/yJDMeRQs= =ZT0w -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawgster(at)gmail.com ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
