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DDoS on DNS - Stopping Blackouts

clipped from blogs.zdnet.com

DDOS on DNS: Stopping Internet blackouts

Writing in National Journal’s Technology Daily, Andrew Noyes discusses the possibility of a massive Internet blackout caused by a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack on the backbone infrastructure of the ‘Net.

This type of high-tech ambush, which occurs when multiple compromised systems flood […]