[nsp-sec] DNS DDoS uptick

[Rodney Joffe]

Folks,

I wanted to share with you an observation that may describe a coming  
problem...

we've been on the end of two DDoS's in the last week. One is port 53  
against our DNS infrastructure, the other against a DNS related  
service, our mail and web forwarding capability. We have not had a  
measurable DDoS for at least the last year.

Register.com has been suffering from a major DNS DDoS since last week.

I understand that AfterNIC is currently undergoing an attack -  
believed to be DNS.

This "feels" like a sea change in the environment.