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>> > I guess by now everyone knows what happened. Paul, can you share some >> > info with the rest of us about what the vulnerability was so we can "plug >> > the hole"? >> >> This might be something more then a hole. >> >> http://yahoo.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-1760458.html?pt.yfin.cat_fin.txt.ne >> >> Looks like Vixie is going to take a while getting back to nanog. Hmmmm, the article states that service was restored by mid-afternoon. But it is still not in good shape (at 1945h). The article says there was an attack, but what above.net told customers was: >> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 16:15:38 -0700 (PDT) >> At approximately 9:45am PST we experienced network wide failures with our >> Cisco switches. These failures resulted in loss of some configuration >> information kept inside the switches. Service has been restored to >> nearly all customers who were affected. If you are still having problems >> reaching your equipment give the call center a call at 408-367-6673. Now, that email didn't get to my mail server (in AboveNet) until 1900h. I called and was told that there were still problems and they were still working on it. I just did some tests (1954h, I'm a slow typist) and the problem continues... -mark
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