[ga] Re: [At-Large] Network Solutions Under Large Scale DDoS Attack

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roberto and all,

  As usual you seem to be out of touch and lack a proper historical
recognition.  VRSN/NSOL has periodically been impacted by DDos
attacks for years, including this the latest one.  Cost of launching
such attacks as being high, is greatly exaggerated.  NSOL/VRSN
will be attacked again, as to the frequency and level of severity
is a pure matter of speculation.  So Ken's downplaying such is
less than based upon the full facts.

  Nice deflection Roberto, but no cigar!

Roberto Gaetano wrote:

> <offlist>
>
> John,
> In discussions that I had with Ken Silva, Verisign's CSO, he stated that
> they take DDoS attacks very seriously.
> I am under the impression that a serious attack could really do some damage.
> On the other hand, a serious attack would probably need some very good
> motivation, as I don't think that the cost of it would be trivial.
> So, my personal feeling would be rather that the possibility of a DoS is
> rather unlikely than impossible. But that, as I said, is just my impression
> as a non-technical person.
> Cheers,
> Roberto
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: at-large-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:at-large-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of John R. Levine
> > Sent: Sunday, 25 January 2009 21:00
> > To: At-Large Worldwide
> > Cc: Ga
> > Subject: Re: [At-Large] Network Solutions Under Large Scale
> > DDoS Attack
> >
> > > The issue here is that a successful attack against the .com servers
> > > would take out most of the internet since the technical
> > infrastructure
> > > is so heavily dependent on the the .com zone.  Any dummy
> > should understand that.
> >
> > We know.  Fortunately VRSN is a lot more technically
> > sophisticated than Netsol, and I would be quite surprised if
> > anyone managed to DDoS them successfully.
> >
> > I know some of the people who run the DNS servers, and they
> > have a variety of tricks up their sleeve that make them a lot
> > more resilient than you might think.  No, I can't tell you
> > what they are.
> >
> > Regards,
> > John Levine, johnl@xxxxxxxx, Primary Perpetrator of "The
> > Internet for Dummies", Information Superhighwayman wanna-be,
> > http://www.johnlevine.com, ex-Mayor "More Wiener schnitzel,
> > please", said Tom, revealingly.
> >
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