Download theDNS attack factsheet 1.1 here [PDF, 289K].
ICANN has today released afactsheet concerning the recent attackon the root server system on 6 February 2007. The factsheet is intended toprovide an explanation of the attack for a non-technical audience in the hopeof enlarging public understanding surrounding this and related issues.
Asidefrom covering the attack itself and the engineers' response to it, the factsheetalso briefly reviews the root server system, the domain name system, Anycasttechnology, and what can be done in order to deal with such attacks in future.
Itis hoped that the factsheet will be the first in a series, with ICANN's generalmanager of public participation, Kieren McCarthy, acting as series editor.Future factsheets hope to follow a similar approach of providing clear andtopical non-technical information about various aspects of the Internet inwhich ICANN is involved.
We welcome whatever feedback the community may have,plus suggestions for future factsheets. Please post any comments you have onthe relatedblog post. This factsheet is released under a Creative Commonslicence.
This work is licensed under a CreativeCommons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
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