Re: DNS Root Servers -> Root-servers.net, gtld-servers.net

From: kath (kath@kathweb.net)
Date: 08/02/01 

Message-ID: <02b101c11b4b$30340fe0$0c00a8c0@optonline.net>
From: "kath" <kath@kathweb.net>
To: "David Page" <david@melaniepage.worldonline.co.uk>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Subject: Re: DNS Root Servers -> Root-servers.net, gtld-servers.net
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 08:03:48 -0400

Most of the roots are on main internet backbones and should they find
themselves under attack, the Tier 1 providers they sit on could try
filtering or ramping up bandwidth.

If this failed and the root DNS servers when down, as I said Tuesday to our
server administrator at work: all of us in the internet field will be
washing cars or asking "Would you like fries with that?" as our new careers.

- k

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Page" <david@melaniepage.worldonline.co.uk>
To: <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 5:40 PM
Subject: DNS Root Servers -> Root-servers.net, gtld-servers.net

> Hi.
> I was just wondering, if some trojan/worm attacked the dns root servers,
> what exactly would happen?
> Would it just stop DNS entries from updating? or would it stop DNS
> functioning completely?
> Thanks.
> David.
>