MASSIVE DDOS ATTACKS ALL OVER U.S. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are monitoring massive Distributed Denial of Service attacks all over the U.S. tonight starting at around 11:30 PM CST. As many as 5 of the 13 root nameserver have been down, up to 10 with massive packet loss (xx%): Internet Status to Root Name Servers Date: Fri Jan 24 21:37:00 PST 2003 Place Address Packet Loss Time: Min/Avg/Max Root b.root-servers.net 53% 25/40/48 Root c.root-servers.net 0% 82/82/82 Root e.root-servers.net 20% 16/29/33 Root f.root-servers.net 26% 17/27/32 Root h.root-servers.net 20% 91/101/108 Root i.root-servers.net 26% 190/199/205 Root j.root-servers.net 26% 81/91/96 Root k.root-servers.net 64% 172/188/201 Root l.root-servers.net 0% 5/5/6 Root m.root-servers.net 33% 160/171/205 GTLD b.gtld-servers.net 26% 52/63/67 GTLD c.gtld-servers.net 31% 85/93/95 GTLD d.gtld-servers.net 13% 88/100/103 GTLD f.gtld-servers.net 22% 38/50/57 GTLD i.gtld-servers.net 0% 198/200/203 GTLD k.gtld-servers.net 24% 90/100/105 GTLD l.gtld-servers.net 33% 128/138/171 All backbone providers are suffering major packet loss (XX%): Place Address Packet Loss Time: Min/Avg/Max AboveNet ns.above.net 28% 53/64/66 AGIS ns1.agis.net 26% 62/74/78 AlohaNet nuhou.aloha.net 35% 84/94/98 ANS ns.ans.net 26% 83/97/100 BBN-NearNet nic.near.net 28% 91/114/572 BBN-BARRnet ns1.barrnet.net 26% 16/26/32 Best ns.best.com 35% 79/89/95 Concentric nameserver.concentric.net 35% 18/31/56 CW ns.cw.net 28% 88/98/105 DIGEX ns.digex.net 31% 78/86/91 ENTER.NET dns.enter.net 28% 91/104/108 Epoch Internet ns1.hlc.net 33% 37/48/52 Flash net ns1.flash.net 17% 80/92/94 GetNet ns1.getnet.com 20% 40/52/56 GlobalCrossing name.roc.gblx.net 24% 85/97/104 GoodNet ns1.good.net 31% 83/92/97 GridNet grid.net 20% 80/92/101 IDT Net ns.idt.net 20% 91/104/121 Internex nic1.internex.net 26% 18/31/35 MCI ns.mci.net 22% 91/103/107 MindSpring itchy.mindspring.net 15% 75/88/106 NAP.NET ns2.nap.net 20% 73/85/94 PacBell ns1.pbi.net 0% 89/89/90 Primenet dns1.primenet.net 20% 31/41/45 PSI ns.psi.net 0% 82/84/160 RAINet ns.rain.net 31% 40/49/53 SAVVIS ns1.savvis.net 31% 88/99/102 SprintLink ns1.sprintlink.net 11% 15/27/35 UUNet,AlterNet auth00.ns.uu.net 26% 89/98/103 Verio-West ns0.verio.net 22% 31/42/47 Verio-East ns1.verio.net 22% 86/96/101 VISInet ceylon.visinet.ca 20% 102/116/188 MoonGlobal-ClubNET ns.clubnet.net 0% 0/1/2 MoonGlobal-Netway dns.nwc.net 4% 6/6/7 MoonGlobal-Netxactics verdi.netxactics.com 4% 6/6/7 InterWorld ns.interworld.net 0% 4/4/5 It's massive, no word on source yet. We are watching it closely. Brad G American Intelligence http://forums.military.com/1/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=78919038&f=409192893&m=4551982416
<b>The worm, dubbed "SQL Slammer," attacked via a vulnerability discovered six months ago on Microsoft servers, according to Oliver Friedrichs, a senior manager with Internet security firm Symantec. Microsoft offered a free patch at the time to fix the trouble spot, but not all users of the server installed the patch. </b> Another word, Microsoft's security bulletins are used to penetrate Microsoft Windows security.... http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/current.asp
A lot of times, the people who discover critical security flaws will approach the media first -- because in the past Microsoft will move very slowly on security issues.
I don't think this is worm related but as the techies are hanging out here hopefully I can get some quick thoughts. I just tried to start my computer and it seemed to get stuck loading the BIOS when it started booting up. I then got a strange alarm type sound from the computer. I turned it off and tried rebooting. I got the same problem but without the alarm sound 3 or 4 times. Out of frustration I banged my computer with my fist (kinda like hitting the steering wheel when the car doesn't start or hitting the TV when it doesn't work) and lo and behold it started up but couldn't detect my wireless keyboard or mouse. I then rebooted again and my keyboard and mouse were detected. Although I am glad that I finally got it booted up properly, I can't help thinking that there is a more serious underlying problem. Or is this perhaps a problem related to my wireless keyboard and mouse that I just installed last week. Any thoughts.
This generally only works for moving parts -- so if your hard-drive acts up, you can bang the case really hard (usually a bat will give you more leverage). Check your manual that came with your computer. Most BIOS have codes depending on the beeps. For instance, three short beeps might mean that the video-card is not detected or that there is a memory problem. If it is beeping at you, is it a specific pattern? Your battery might also need replacing. How old is your computer and what is the make / model, etc?
MASSIVE DDOS ATTACKS ALL OVER U.S. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are monitoring massive Distributed Denial of Service attacks all over the U.S. tonight starting at around 11:30 PM CST. As many as 5 of the 13 root nameserver have been down, up to 10 with massive packet loss (xx%): Internet Status to Root Name Servers Date: Fri Jan 24 21:37:00 PST 2003 Place Address Packet Loss Time: Min/Avg/Max Root b.root-servers.net 53% 25/40/48 Root c.root-servers.net 0% 82/82/82 Root e.root-servers.net 20% 16/29/33 Root f.root-servers.net 26% 17/27/32 Root h.root-servers.net 20% 91/101/108 Root i.root-servers.net 26% 190/199/205 Root j.root-servers.net 26% 81/91/96 Root k.root-servers.net 64% 172/188/201 Root l.root-servers.net 0% 5/5/6 Root m.root-servers.net 33% 160/171/205 GTLD b.gtld-servers.net 26% 52/63/67 GTLD c.gtld-servers.net 31% 85/93/95 GTLD d.gtld-servers.net 13% 88/100/103 GTLD f.gtld-servers.net 22% 38/50/57 GTLD i.gtld-servers.net 0% 198/200/203 GTLD k.gtld-servers.net 24% 90/100/105 GTLD l.gtld-servers.net 33% 128/138/171 All backbone providers are suffering major packet loss (XX%): Place Address Packet Loss Time: Min/Avg/Max AboveNet ns.above.net 28% 53/64/66 AGIS ns1.agis.net 26% 62/74/78 AlohaNet nuhou.aloha.net 35% 84/94/98 ANS ns.ans.net 26% 83/97/100 BBN-NearNet nic.near.net 28% 91/114/572 BBN-BARRnet ns1.barrnet.net 26% 16/26/32 Best ns.best.com 35% 79/89/95 Concentric nameserver.concentric.net 35% 18/31/56 CW ns.cw.net 28% 88/98/105 DIGEX ns.digex.net 31% 78/86/91 ENTER.NET dns.enter.net 28% 91/104/108 Epoch Internet ns1.hlc.net 33% 37/48/52 Flash net ns1.flash.net 17% 80/92/94 GetNet ns1.getnet.com 20% 40/52/56 GlobalCrossing name.roc.gblx.net 24% 85/97/104 GoodNet ns1.good.net 31% 83/92/97 GridNet grid.net 20% 80/92/101 IDT Net ns.idt.net 20% 91/104/121 Internex nic1.internex.net 26% 18/31/35 MCI ns.mci.net 22% 91/103/107 MindSpring itchy.mindspring.net 15% 75/88/106 NAP.NET ns2.nap.net 20% 73/85/94 PacBell ns1.pbi.net 0% 89/89/90 Primenet dns1.primenet.net 20% 31/41/45 PSI ns.psi.net 0% 82/84/160 RAINet ns.rain.net 31% 40/49/53 SAVVIS ns1.savvis.net 31% 88/99/102 SprintLink ns1.sprintlink.net 11% 15/27/35 UUNet,AlterNet auth00.ns.uu.net 26% 89/98/103 Verio-West ns0.verio.net 22% 31/42/47 Verio-East ns1.verio.net 22% 86/96/101 VISInet ceylon.visinet.ca 20% 102/116/188 MoonGlobal-ClubNET ns.clubnet.net 0% 0/1/2 MoonGlobal-Netway dns.nwc.net 4% 6/6/7 MoonGlobal-Netxactics verdi.netxactics.com 4% 6/6/7 InterWorld ns.interworld.net 0% 4/4/5 It's massive, no word on source yet. We are watching it closely. Brad G American Intelligence http://forums.military.com/1/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=78919038&f=409192893&m=4551982416
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