News
29-05-2013
The growing number of large-scale attacks on the Domain Name System (DNS) and the trend to
abuse overprovisioned authoritative systems in so called amplification reflection attacks were
made the topic of a full plenary session and additional talks in the DNS WG at RIPE 66. The issue
had also been discussed during the OARC meeting that preceded RIPE 66. Operators seem to be
at a loss for how to turn the tide in the DNS, some even said regulation might be needed in order
to close off some of the open doors in the DNS (including address spoofing, open resolvers).
Meanwhile the DNS community dives into a debate about rate limiting on authoritative servers,
