On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Florian Weimer <f...@deneb.enyo.de> wrote: > > [Dnschanger substitute server operations] > > > One thing is clear, Paul is able to tell a great story. > > PR for ISC is somewhat limited, it's often attributed to the FBI: > > | The effort, scheduled to begin this afternoon, is designed to let > | those people know that their Internet connections will stop working > | on July 9, when temporary servers set up by the FBI to help > | DNSChanger victims are due to be disconnected. > > > <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57439407-83/google-will-alert-users-to-dnschanger-malware-infection/> > > | The FBI has now seized control of the malicious DNS servers, but > | countless computers are still infected with the malware. > > > <http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Google-warns-DNSChanger-victims-1583037.html> > > | The malware is so vicious — it can interfere with users' Web > | browsing, steer them to fraudulent websites and make their computers > | vulnerable to other malicious software — that the FBI has put a > | safety net of sorts in place, using government computers to prevent > | any Internet disruptions for users whose computers may be infected. > > > <http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/infected-users-get-legit-warning-about-july-9-internet-doomsday-751078> > > (I'm justing quoting what I found. Some of the linked articles > contain bogus information.) > > In any case, this isn't what bugs me about the whole process. I don't > like the way this is implemented—mainly the use of RPZ, but there are > other concerns. The notification process has some issues as well, but > it's certainly a great learning exercise for all folks involved with > this. To me, it doesn't really matter that Dnschanger is fairly minor > as far as such things go. Hopefully, the knowledge and the contacts > established can be applied to other cases as well. >
Exactly how much can it cost to serve up those requests... I mean for 9$ a month I have a cpu that handles 2000 *Recursive* Queries a second. 900 bux could net me *200,000* a second if not more. The government overspends on a lot of things.. they need some one whos got the experience to use a bunch of cheap servers for the resolvers and a box that hosts the IPs used and then distributes the query packets.
