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The text of a website article pointed out to the list last week was: > > > A series of major systems failures in the week ending July 18 have > > > called Internet security and robustness into question. Problems > > > started over the weekend of July 12 and 13 when a hacker is > > > believed to have penetrated the Internet's root nameserver, causing > > > severe disruption of the entire Domain Name system. E.mail messages > > > to .com and .net and attempts to access .com and .net sites > > > received 'unresolvable address' or 'host unreachable' responses. I wrote these folks a note, sufficiently vitriolic that I'm almost embarrased to include it here, pointing out that perhaps that article could have used a _bit_ more research... and got this reply: On Mon, Jul 21, 1997 at 10:26:38AM +0000, MMP wrote: > When an editor returns from vacation, there's always one major error > to deal with. I guess the InterNIC news item is my problem. I have > spoken with the responsible news writer and will be removing the > item from our server. <chuckle> > Quality journalism is so often enhanced by quality readership Nicely done. I'm carboning your response to the NANOG mailing list, where the original pointer was raised. > Thanks for your letter No problem. > Andrew Craig > Editor > -- > Andrew Craig Phone: +44 (0)1273 380040 > Editor Fax: +44 (0)1273 380043 > Internet IT Informer Email: [email protected] > http://www.mmp.co.uk/mmp Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [email protected] Member of the Technical Staff Unsolicited Commercial Emailers Sued The Suncoast Freenet "People propose, science studies, technology Tampa Bay, Florida conforms." -- Dr. Don Norman +1 813 790 7592
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