TotalRecall
10-28-2002, 07:35 PM
eWeek (http://www.eweek.com/) has news of ICANN's increased efforts to curb DDoS attacks:
In the wake of last week's unprecedented DDoS attack (http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,645884,00.asp) against all 13 of the Internet's root-name servers, the government and ICANN, one of the Internet's main governing bodies, are considering changes to help protect the DNS system against future attacks.
The most immediate and significant changes will likely come from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which is holding a meeting this week in Shanghai, China. The body, which is ultimately responsible for maintaining the root servers that contain the master list of Internet domains, will hear recommendations from its Security and Stability Advisory Committee on securing the edge of the Domain Name System network. Specifically, the committee will recommend that ISPs take steps to prevent packets with forged IP addresses from being used in distributed-denial-of-service attacks, according to sources.
More information is here (http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,651686,00.asp).
In the wake of last week's unprecedented DDoS attack (http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,645884,00.asp) against all 13 of the Internet's root-name servers, the government and ICANN, one of the Internet's main governing bodies, are considering changes to help protect the DNS system against future attacks.
The most immediate and significant changes will likely come from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which is holding a meeting this week in Shanghai, China. The body, which is ultimately responsible for maintaining the root servers that contain the master list of Internet domains, will hear recommendations from its Security and Stability Advisory Committee on securing the edge of the Domain Name System network. Specifically, the committee will recommend that ISPs take steps to prevent packets with forged IP addresses from being used in distributed-denial-of-service attacks, according to sources.
More information is here (http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,651686,00.asp).