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  • February 7, 2007 at 6:14 pm #1040446
    Angel
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      :you_crazy:you_crazy:you_crazy

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      Hackers have attempted to topple key parts of the internet’s backbone, in one of the most significant attacks of recent years.

      Read the story here
      http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6338261.stm

      February 7, 2007 at 6:16 pm #1099384
      Techno Viking
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        I read about it this morning and I can’t help wonder if the people behind it actually knew what they were doing because the attack was so brazen and was unlikely to have much of an impact…

        February 7, 2007 at 6:41 pm #1099385
        SdZ
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          I remember the DNS attack a couple of years ago or so where they took down 7 or the 13 root servers. That was pretty impressive because back then it actually affected lots of peoples access to sites all over the world.

          These days though the DNS servers are constantly being improved and made more resiliant to these attacks. Its probably not worth even trying. The article mentions they were only attacking the .org registry (and a few others) so its not really news. I certainly didn’t notice any disruption to my interweb.

          February 8, 2007 at 4:12 pm #1099386
          dogisbig
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            maybe this is why sj is playing up

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