wikileaks dns (was Re: Blocking International DNS)

Fri Dec 3 07:29:26 UTC 2010

On 12/2/2010 11:26 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
> so, if the site to which a dns entry points suffers a ddos, everydns
> will no longer serve the domain.  i hope they apply this policy even
> handedly to all sufferers of ddos.
>

Given "These attacks have, and future attacks would, threaten the 
stability of the EveryDNS.net infrastructure, which enables access to 
almost 500,000 other websites." I'd say they had DOS issues with their 
nameservers. They can't be expected to let their other domains go down 
in efforts to protect a single domain.

I'm guessing they weathered the problem somewhat, as they actually gave 
24h notice. However, excessive loads and constant monitoring and 
protective measures on a free service would definitely be something a 
company would want to stop.

Jack