Mod-edit:===The following thread was split off from this post and this post of the Mitchell Coombes: Does he really have access to insider info? thread.
This thread discusses a possible denial of service attack on the Internet's root name (DNS) servers, which would make the web pretty much useless for most ordinary purposes, while the attack was occurring, unless you found a way to adapt.
My personal hunches: using an alternative DNS provider is the best defense, but perhaps more importantly:Beware.this smells to me like another possible false flag operation (with Internet hackers blamed, instead of terrorists), intended to open the door for more visible suppression of Internet freedoms.
-- Paul.
Is there an easy way of finding the IP Address of a website in case this happens?Posted by Quantum Logic (here)
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The forces at work here are moving on multiple fronts now, and when this begins, most if not all of you will be overwhelmed by it all. So here are some more clues as to the great many fronts that are being advanced at this very moment-
http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-could-down...ortBy%3Dlatest
Also look at the date of publication of this report on the original incident-
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011...malware_110911
11/9/11? Sound strange? Hold that thought for a moment...
Here is the PDF technical paper from the working group assembled to attempt to fix this issue. Please read it carefully to understand what the real situation is-
Attachment 13928
I suggest you follow ALL of the links contained while tracking the article back to the source. In a nutshell, very soon DNS will no longer function properly, which means if you do not know the numerical IP address for any site you wish to visit- you may find yourself without the internet. This will be made worse if this next planned event succeeds-
http://pastebin.com/NKbnh8q8
It is open source instructions for causing a self-initiated Blackhole loop that will take all of the DNS servers down. Once the net is down, communication will be greatly stifled, and far more destructive events will ensue since our ability to track them will be gone.
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