Oh god, you invoked @popehat ... [dyndds and its customers sue XiongMai, the OEM integrators, and Does 1-10,000,000 who own the devices for neglegence?...]
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 21, 2016, at 8:29 PM, Chris Woodfield <rek...@semihuman.com> wrote: > > As a Twitter network engineer (and the guy Patrick let camp out in your > hotel room all day) - thank you for this. Whoever was behind this just poked > a hornet’s nest. > > “Govern yourselves accordingly”. > > -C > > (Obviously speaking for myself, not my employer…) > >> On Oct 21, 2016, at 10:48 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore <patr...@ianai.net> wrote: >> >> I cannot give additional info other than what’s been on “public media”. >> >> However, I would very much like to say that this is a horrific trend on the >> Internet. The idea that someone can mention a DDoS then get DDoS’ed Can Not >> Stand. See Krebs’ on the Democratization of Censorship. See lots of other >> things. >> >> To Dyn and everyone else being attacked: >> The community is behind you. There are problems, but if we stick together, >> we can beat these miscreants. >> >> To the miscreants: >> You will not succeed. Search "churchill on the beaches”. It’s a bit >> melodramatic, but it’s how I feel at this moment. >> >> To the rest of the community: >> If you can help, please do. I know a lot of you are thinking “what can I >> do?" There is a lot you can do. BCP38 & BCP84 instantly come to mind. Sure, >> that doesn’t help Mirai, but it still helps. There are many other things you >> can do as well. >> >> But a lot of it is just willingness to help. When someone asks you to help >> trace an attack, do not let the request sit for a while. Damage is being >> done. Help your neighbor. When someone’s house is burning, your current >> project, your lunch break, whatever else you are doing is almost certainly >> less important. If we stick together and help each other, we can - we WILL - >> win this war. If we are apathetic, we have already lost. >> >> >> OK, enough motivational speaking for today. But take this to heart. Our >> biggest problem is people thinking they cannot or do not want to help. >> >> -- >> TTFN, >> patrick >> >>> On Oct 21, 2016, at 10:55 AM, Chris Grundemann <cgrundem...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Does anyone have any additional details? Seems to be over now, but I'm very >>> curious about the specifics of such a highly impactful attack (and it's >>> timing following NANOG 68)... >>> >>> https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/ddos-on-dyn-impacts-twitter-spotify-reddit/ >>> >>> -- >>> @ChrisGrundemann >>> http://chrisgrundemann.com >
