[AusNOG] Australian Government websites currently under DDoS

[McDonald Richards]

Taking Centrelink off the air would be like biting the hand that feeds ;)
 
Agreed on the CDN front  though but it might be way too "revolutionary" or
"forward-thinking" for the IT staff who are there.... maybe you should send
the Internode CDN sales staff over for a visit!
 
Macca
 
 
From: Matthew Moyle-Croft [mailto:mmc at internode.com.au] 
Sent: Wednesday, 10 February 2010 3:04 PM
To: McDonald Richards
Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Australian Government websites currently under DDoS
 
The whole architecture of government websites is wrong.    
 
They should, rather than build a single fortress that can be laid under
siege, build a distributed (ie. CDNised) website that doesn't have such an
issue.  That way you can't just "DDOS" them out of existence.
 
Let's face it - most FedGov websites are mostly fairly static text and
documents.   Some have more complex backends for customer service, but let's
face it - no one takes Centre Link off the air, they take ones like APH off
the air. 
 
MMC
 
On 10/02/2010, at 2:18 PM, McDonald Richards wrote:



I read in Commsday this might happen. Bloody kids - this just makes more
work for us!
 
Macca
 
 
 
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[mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Darren Moss
Sent: Wednesday, 10 February 2010 2:47 PM
To: ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: [AusNOG] Australian Government websites currently under DDoS
 
Noggers,
 
DDoS on Govt websites still going from this morning.
 
Article:
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/operation-titstorm-hacke
rs-bring-down-government-websites-20100210-nqku.html
 
APH website down:
http://www.aph.gov.au
 
Senator Conroy's site still accessible.
 
Regards, 
 
 
Darren Moss
General Manager
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