[AMRadio] Internet issues over Holiday weekend

[rbethman]

Bob,

You are indeed correst!

However, I do NOT believe that the DNS, Name Servers, were hacked - NOR 
do I believe that it was a DOS, (Denial Of Service), issue.  It appeared 
that a "High" level DNServer was having either a "hiccup", or some 
significant "zone Transfers" didn't happen, take effect, or were corrupted.

I've run DNS for a system with 131 sites throughout the country.  I was 
also one of six Sysadmins/Mail Admins that handles the "backbone" 
servers for some very strategic systems.

It was a bit "strange" in its occurrence.

It did finally clear up and ALL is well.

Bob - N0DGN

Bob Bruhns wrote:
> That's a very dangerous type of hacking - if a name server is compromised, then a huge number of users can be sent to malicious
> websites that they did not select, which could be, for example, login screens for bank accounts, etc.  You could carefully put the
> correct url for your bank, and be misdirected by a compromised name server to a phony login that records and steals your user name
> and password.
>
> Secure login helps.  They may get you to go their bogus login page, but they probably can't get the little lock to close.
>
> Usually the attacks on name servers are denial of service attacks that just screw things up.  But sometimes they are more insideous.
>
>   Bacon, WA3WDR
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