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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFor those digging around in the DDOS attack yesterday,
you'll find the location of De Kalb Junction, NY referenced as a target of what looks like massive attacks, or at least massive data traffic. I couldn't figure out why that location, a tiny town, would be a target, so I started expanding my view of the area.
Turns out that Fort Drum is not far from there. Just up the road, in fact. It's a major military cyber security training and operational facility. That could be the connection. I imagine the military is involved in looking for those who carried out the attack pretty diligently.
Anyhow, if you're following this story, and you encounter De Kalb Junction, NY, that's probably why.
Interesting fact: Chelsea Manning was stationed at Fort Drum for early training, but not training in cyber security, perhaps. Probably there is no connection there at all.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)MineralMan
(146,351 posts)I just found the location interesting.
Brother Buzz
(36,505 posts)to freelance with his new found skill?
MineralMan
(146,351 posts)Most of it is TELNET or SSH traffic. Interestingly, those are also used by Internet of Things devices. It's just interesting, but I can't figure out why all of that traffic is headed toward Fort Drum.
Brother Buzz
(36,505 posts)Most interesting, indeed. Fort Drum doe appear to be the target, and it does raise some question. Retaliation, or experiential probing would be my two guesses.
cdsilv
(904 posts)DNS is the internet's "address book" that matches names to I/P addresses. The DDOS attack prevented Dyn from responding to Distributed Name Service lookup requests. Too many companies/providers only have one DNS provider (Dyn), so if your provider could not get an answer from Dyn, your attempt to access 'name' failed. If you knew the I/P address and used it, it worked.
MineralMan
(146,351 posts)There's stuff continuing to go on.