tictech: ** Attack On Internet Called Largest Ever **

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Dear Folks,

This might be of interest to some. Having secure operating systems which
protect individual workstations has become more than a matter of personal
convenience. Now, it overlaps into national security.

-tony
tghand@seattleschools.org

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A828-2002Oct22.html

Here's the first two paragraphs:

Attack On Internet Called Largest Ever

The heart of the Internet sustained its largest and most sophisticated
attack ever, starting late Monday, according to officials at key online
backbone organizations.

Around 5:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, a "distributed denial of service" (DDOS)
attack struck the 13 "root servers" that provide the primary roadmap for
almost all Internet communications. Despite the scale of the attack, which
lasted about an hour, Internet users worldwide were largely unaffected,
experts said.

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