DNS has restored services and mended customer relationship since being a victim to a denial of service attack at a 50Gbps.
It still remains unclear who the hacking culprits are and for what reason they interfered with DNS Made Easy’s System. One forecasted reason is that hackers with a possible grudge with the DNS Made Easy Website may have hired a botnet to flood DNS Made Easy with endless and worthless traffic.
Lasting up to eight hours, the company said that 1.5 hours of actual downtime was experienced at the time of the attack.
Just after the first sign of attack carriers such as Level3, Tata, Tinet, GlobalCrossing, and Deutsche Telekom supported DNS Made Easy to block the hackers. The size of the attack was so large that it immediately infested the core of the network with junky traffic.
DNS Made Easy is known for its specialization in global IP Anycast enterprise DNS services thus it would not be expected that such an attack would be pointed towards the company. Many network security companies including The SANS Institute’s Internet Storm Center are eager to learn more about this attack and its cause.
According to a study done by DDoS mitigation experts, the most forceful attacks recorded in 2009 hit 49Gbps. Experts stated that the most common attacks ranging from 1-4 Gbps.
New Ultra DDI Offered by Neustar
Neustar Inc. announced a new way to easily integrate internal DNS, DHCP, and IPAM (IP Address Management) operations.
The new service called Neustar Ultra DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM) managed service consists of networking equipment using Infoblox appliances in addition to issue resolution, hardware lifecycle replenishment, software updates and equipment replacements. Neustar gurus conduct 24/7 monitoring and upgrading of backend DNS and DHCP operations while viewing approximately fifty health and usage parameters for proactive infrastructure management and case response. Neustar also keeps a database of important DNS and DHCP data points to allow trending and preparing for future growth and governance.
“Neustar exists to simplify network complexity,” said Alex Berry, senior VP of Neustar’s Internet Infrastructure Services (IIS) group. “DNS and DHCP are the linchpins for unifying networks and enhancing communications and it is becoming increasingly time- and labor-intensive for our customers to juggle multi-vendor management and network troubleshooting on their own. More customers are realizing that it simply makes good business sense to trust Neustar. We have built a sterling reputation in delivering and managing the core services underlying IP network infrastructures.”
Developing on the growth of Neustar’s December 2009 announcement, in which a strategic alliance with Infoblox was announced, the Ultra DDI solution delivers top DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management (IPAM) solutions to enterprise, public sector and service provider industries. With Ultra DDI, clients are enabled to use Neustar’s deep expertise in managed DNS services via Infoblox’s appliance-based systems allowing for high performance, reliability, and security as well as a significant decrease in operating costs.
“Infoblox and Neustar are rightfully regarded as leaders in their respective markets – and the collaboration between our two companies has resulted in an unparalleled service combination,” added Kevin Dickson, VP of Product Management at Infoblox. “We are excited that our relationship continues to mature, and this launch marks the next point of that evolution.”
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