Humorous DNS Education from Netcraft
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Tim O'Reilly
Feb. 01, 2004 09:27 AM
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In a very clever and very funny article about how SCO could respond to the DDOS attack in the MyDoom worm, Mike Prettejohn of Netcraft also does a wonderful job of education about the possibilities in a single DNS command. This is the hack mindset at its best, seeing a world of implications where an ordinary user can only follow the directions.Tim O'Reilly is the founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Inc., thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world. In addition to Foo Camps ("Friends of O'Reilly" Camps, which gave rise to the "un-conference" movement), O'Reilly Media also hosts conferences on technology topics, including the Web 2.0 Summit, the Web 2.0 Expo, the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, the Gov 2.0 Summit, and the Gov 2.0 Expo. Tim's blog, the O'Reilly Radar, "watches the alpha geeks" to determine emerging technology trends, and serves as a platform for advocacy about issues of importance to the technical community. Tim's long-term vision for his company is to change the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators. In addition to O'Reilly Media, Tim is a founder of Safari Books Online, a pioneering subscription service for accessing books online, and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, an early-stage venture firm.
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