First Post

So as it says in my profile, I am new to blogging--that said there won't be any bells and whistles here. One of the roles I fill in my current position is that of a DNS administrator, so many of my posts will most likely be DNS related. This week, I came across a recent DDoS attack that brought AT&T's DNS servers to their knees. Here is a link to an Infoworld article with details of the attack:

AT&T DDoS Attack

In an odd twist of fate, coincidence or whatever I also came across an AT&T white paper on how to keep a DDoS attack from killing your network:

AT&T DDoS Defense


I'll leave that one for now...