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Re: WP: Attack On Internet Called Largest Ever

  • From: Randy Bush
  • Date: Tue Oct 22 18:55:28 2002 
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A828-2002Oct22.html
> 
> The heart of the Internet sustained its largest and most sophisticated
> attack ever, starting late Monday, according to officials at key online
> backbone organizations.

when uunet or at&t takes many customers out for many hours, it's not
a problem

when an attack happens that was generally not even perceived by the
users, it's a major disaster

i love the press

randy