On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
Certain individual(s) on the iahc-discuss list have made statements that they intend to attack the Internet root servers. I have no idea if this is the result of such an attack or not. Just a FYI.
The first one on the list to publicly issue the threat was Bob Allisat. This man is a rabble rouser and his public statement did not clearly indicate that he would do this himself but that he would urge others to initiate attacks on all the root nameservers. Since he hangs out on a lot of fringe USENET groups it is entirely possible that he has begun inciting others to take action. As many of you know, a skilled propogandist can be more dangerous than a man with a gun. These are the four actions he is calling for: STAGE TWO: - Electronic conflict... - Disable conventional Name Servers... - Flood Internic/IANA/ISOC/NSI/SAIC... - Point target Individuals... I think that root nameserver operators should collect any data that could be used in detecting the source of these problems. Michael Dillon - Internet & ISP Consulting Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-250-546-3049 http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com