dnsmon.ripe.net — If you haven't heard the story - "Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the most important root domain name servers in the United States yesterday, in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002.". Here is the graph of the traffic levels on the DNS servers.
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pelappFeb 7, 2007
Dam, 55 comments, and only 3 or 4 of them add something to the story... (Yes I know, but they started it!)
ambicarFeb 7, 2007
One of my favorite comebacks when working is when some secretary or something walks up to me and says, "The Internet is Down". My response is, "The WHOLE Internet?" Man are there gonna be some people freaking out over that! They never get it, but the look on their face is always a good one.
rubicanteFeb 7, 2007
It wasn't South Korean hackers attacking us, it was someone's bots in South Korea.All of South Korea uses Windows with ActiveX enabled, so you'd expect that.<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/linux_unix/SEED_How_South_Korea_s_Encryption_Standard_is_Holding_the_Nation_Back">http://digg.com/linux_unix/SEED_How_South_Korea_s_Encryption_Standard_is_Holding_the_Nation_Back</a>
jon3kFeb 7, 2007
*raises hand*that's my bad :/
aeonoftimeFeb 7, 2007
Damn Ted Stevens is defragging that interweb thingy again.
rlg420Feb 7, 2007
Yeah I was affected! It took me 5 whole minutes to download a 100 mb porn clip. I can't believe how slow it was.
crossedbearingsFeb 8, 2007
Sigh, somebody was standing on my internet hose.