DDoS on Domain Registrar 69
miller60 writes "Netcraft is reporting that 'domain registrar Joker.com says its nameservers have been hit with a massive DDoS attack, causing outages for customers. More than 550,000 domains are registered with Joker, meaning the outages could be widely felt. It's not clear why the DDoS is succeeding, as most registrars have implemented sturdy DDoS protection since the attack on the root nameserver system back in 2002.' Some security experts have warned in recent weeks about DNS recursion attacks as previously discussed here on Slashdot, which can amplify the power of attacks launched from botnets."
Not that surprising! (Score:5, Informative)
Can still switch DNS servers (Score:5, Informative)
one to change the DNS servers away from [abc].ns.joker.com
I did this last for my domain.
Re:Considering... (Score:5, Informative)
On top of that they do not look like they have their own connectivity to peering points in EU.
So frankly, they look like they are ripe for the picking. It is utterly trivial to run a domain registrar out of several diverse locations using RFC 3258. A registrar that is not doing it is in clear need of a cluebat on the head several times. I hope that this DDOS finally delivers it.
Old news (Score:3, Informative)
I've used joker.com for years. It's significantly cheaper than Network Solutions and other US registrars and I've never had a problem.