{"id":3052,"date":"2015-01-30T15:23:34","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T15:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=3052"},"modified":"2020-05-06T10:30:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T17:30:15","slug":"a-new-ddos-threat-recognition-and-remedies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/company\/a-new-ddos-threat-recognition-and-remedies\/","title":{"rendered":"A New DDoS Threat \u2013 Recognition and Remedies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Network World<\/em>\u00a0recently published an article of mine on a new kind of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) threat that I\u2019m calling a \u201cNonsense Name\u201d attack.<\/p>\n<p>It wreaks havoc on both recursive and authoritative name services by overwhelming the servers with nonsense requests (as the name implies). Several of our customers have been targeted.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, there are remedies, which I offer in the piece. Some can be deployed during an attack; others you can deploy now to protect yourself in the future.<\/p>\n<p>To read the story in full, click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/article\/2875970\/network-security\/a-new-kind-of-ddos-threat-the-nonsense-name-attack.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Network World\u00a0recently published an article of mine on a new kind of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) threat that I\u2019m calling a \u201cNonsense Name\u201d attack. It wreaks havoc on both recursive and authoritative name services by overwhelming the servers with nonsense requests (as the name implies). Several of our customers have been targeted. 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