[IP] more Network Solutions and .COM blackout

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Ali Farshchian <ali@circleid.com>
Date: January 23, 2009 5:53:06 PM EST
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] Network Solutions and .COM blackout

Dave,

Some updates on the Network Solutions situation. Company has confirmed
is is a large scale DDoS attack:
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090123_network_solutions_down_ddos_attack/


On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 1:33 PM, David Farber <dave@farber.net> wrote:
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: "Ed Gerck, Ph.D." <egerck@nma.com>
> Date: January 23, 2009 3:01:43 PM EST
> To: David Farber <dave@farber.net>, Ip Ip <ip@v2.listbox.com>
> Subject: Network Solutions and .COM blackout
>
> [Dave, for IP if you wish]
>
> FYI, as many people may be wondering on the .COM blackout, Network  
> Solutions
> is having problems with "all" its name servers, according to their  
> tech
> support (however, their own nsi.com still works). In particular,   I  
> saw
> ns61.worldnic.com returned (SERVFAIL), ns62.worldnic.com returned
> (SERVFAIL), ns71.worldnic.com returned (SERVFAIL) and  
> ns72.worldnic.com
> returned (SERVFAIL).
>
> Best regards,
> Ed Gerck
>
> --
> <www.gerck.com>
>
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