Suggestions for handling DNS attack, well kind of
Suggestions for handling DNS attack, well kind of
- Subject: Suggestions for handling DNS attack, well kind of
- From: Owen McKerrow <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 11:00:59 +1100
Hi All,
On Tuesday afternoon one of our apps received over 10,000 requests
for the 1 page, by the same user in under 1 hour. The site kept
running ( it got slower and slower ) with one out of memory exception
for another user. There was only a very small chance it was a real
DNS attack, what I assumed had happened ( I have heard stories of
this happening from other people ) is that something fell onto his
keyboard on the "F5" refresh key after he had walked out of his office.
What actually happened was that Firefox locked up his whole machine
( the power button didn't even work ) and in the end he just got up
and walked away in frustration.
So what Im wondering is does anybody have any suggestions on what to
do about DNS attacks be they accidental or on purpose.
Owen McKerrow
WebMaster, emlab
Ph : +61 02 4221 5517
http://emlab.uow.edu.au
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