Re: router worms and International Infrastructure
----- Original Message Follows ----- From: "Christopher L. Morrow" <christopher.morrow@mci.com> Subject: Re: router worms and International Infrastructure Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 02:41:44 +0000 (GMT)
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Gadi Evron wrote:
I can, but my name isn't randy bush :) Actually what I was thinking was: ISP's business depends upon their (and others actually) network working properly, for them large scale 'internet killer' outages are not a good thing. They
Subnetwork specific worms? I only want to take down as1, as2 and as3, for example, rather than a large-scale 'internet killer' outage. scott
Subnetwork specific worms? I only want to take down as1, as2 and as3, for example, rather than a large-scale 'internet killer' outage.
Almost a year ago we had a crisis in Israel where something caused ONLY Israeli ISP clients to stop being able to use their DSL connections, and on the SAME DAY. We believe it was a targeted worm. Who said this can't happen? It already did. The biggest impact was the help desks being DDoS'd. Gadi.
On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Scott Weeks wrote:
----- Original Message Follows ----- From: "Christopher L. Morrow" <christopher.morrow@mci.com> Subject: Re: router worms and International Infrastructure Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 02:41:44 +0000 (GMT)
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Gadi Evron wrote:
I can, but my name isn't randy bush :) Actually what I was thinking was: ISP's business depends upon their (and others actually) network working properly, for them large scale 'internet killer' outages are not a good thing. They
Subnetwork specific worms? I only want to take down as1, as2 and as3, for example, rather than a large-scale 'internet killer' outage.
Sure, worms that take out enterprises or 'local networks' are alive and well (slammer toasted hundreds of customer networks) Each ISP should (and many do) plan for this sort of event and should be planning how to avoid it as well.
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