[dns-operations] "New shield foiled Internet backbone attack"

[Paul Vixie]

Hey Rodney-- everything that's old is new again, including anycast again. --PV

	By Joris Evers 
	 Staff Writer, CNET News.com
	 Published: March 9, 2007, 3:39 PM PST

	An attack in early February on key parts of the backbone of the
	Internet had little effect, thanks to new protection technology,
	according to a report released this week.

	The distributed denial-of-service attack on the Domain Name System
	proved the effectiveness of the Anycast load-balancing system, the
	Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers said in a document
	published Thursday. ICANN regulates Internet domain name and address
	registration and operates one of the main so-called root DNS servers.

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