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Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by Nobody: 11:28am On Feb 18, 2012 |
Anonymous Threatens to Shut Off the Internet on March 31st, But How? Anonymous is preparing to “shut off the internet” on March 31st. The move is in protest to things like SOPA, ACTA, and according to their statement; “irresponsible leaders and the beloved bankers who are starving the world for their own selfish needs out of sheer sadistic fun”. Now while Anonymous typically goes after targets with something along the lines of a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack they are looking to do something different here. Anonymous plans to take all 13 Root DNS servers offline in a single day. Is this possible? Well let’s take a look at some of the facts behind how DNS works and some evidence that Anonymous might already have broken into the system. First things first; for those of you that do not know DNS stands for Domain Name System (or Domain Naming System) it is a system (put very simply) that translates a site common name (i.e. Google.com) to an Internet Protocol (IP) Address. This address is represented by a number Google, for example, commonly resolves to 74.125.154.101. However as Google operates a server farm for their services (and website) there are secondary IPs registered to Google.com. These are 74.125.157.101 and 100. Every computer (and many other devices) on the internet or on a network have an IP address, but in addition to that IP address they also have other properties that tell them who they are, where they are and how to find other computers and systems in the network (and internet). The first is the IP address; as we mentioned before that is the numeric “name” of the computer. Second is the Subnet Mask; this number identifies the network that a system is on; it helps a computer to send traffic to the proper place. Third is the Default Gateway; this is the IP address of the router or hardware device that separates one network from another. In a home network this is your firewall/router or cable/DSL modem. When a system looks something up and the return IP is not on the same network then this is where that traffic will go by default (to find the proper network). Last on this list are the DNS servers. There are usually two for every IP entry. These are the numeric entries that tell the computer where to go to translate a system name to an IP address. This very simple explanation (not intended to be thorough or completely detailed) will help as we explain what we feel are the details of the attack and how it could possibly be carried out. The DNS system has a certain procedure called a lookup that ties that domain name to the IP. Here is a very simple explanation of how it works (for our purposes here we will cover internet DNS only and assume the name is correct); A user types in a website name like google.com in a web browser The computer then checks to see what DNS servers it should us (every system has this as part of its IP address assignment for traffic to flow) The request is sent to that server for resolution; The server will see if it has an entry cached for that name (we will cover name caching or recursive lookups in a minute) if it does it will return the proper IP for connection to the site. If not then it has to go through a few more steps. The first step is to identify the root or top level domain these are the final extension like .com, .gov, .mil etc. So for Google we need to find a root server that covers .com. Once the local DNS server finds the root server it will either transfer the request to that server or pull the information down. The root server will then identify the second level domain name and find the server that is responsible for that name. For example the name servers for Google.com are ns2.google.com, ns4.google.com, ns3.google.com, and ns1.google.com. So now your request has moved from your local DNS server to the root server to one of Google’s name servers. To check this you can look up any domain name on the internet and find out their name servers, these are the servers responsible for the actual site named domain and in many cases the sub-domains. With our example here your request for Google.com is over and you should have an IP address returned back that allows your computer to connect to Google’s search page. All of this happens behind the scenes and is transparent to the end user it is also (so far) very reliable so most people do not even think about it. Mixed in with this are other servers on the internet that are mirrors and also cache information to help speed up this process they keep information stored for a period of time (called a Time to Live or TTL) to keep update traffic low and but not too long to cause errors in resolution. The typical time for a DNS cache entry to live is between 4 to 24 hours depending on the server and the bandwidth available. Now back to Anonymous’ proposal to bring down the root servers to disrupt HTTP resolution and traffic. To make this successful they will need to ensure that the 13 root servers are offline for more than 24 hours in many cases , to somehow force a global DNS refresh, or and this is the most devious plan to simply replace the IP addresses of the authoritative name servers with un resolvable IP addresses. If you remember the CIA website attack that happened a few days ago we saw something odd when we tried to trace the route to the CIA’s site. The IP appeared to be wrong and even showed as registered to the wrong country. At the time we thought that some DNS tinkering was going on and speculated that perhaps a new type of attack was being tested out. It is possible (although this is just a guess) that Anonymous may have found a way to re-route DNS requests and send back the wrong IPs for a site. If that happens then all they have to do is allow the root servers to send the wrong IPs for the authoritative name servers and that will be that, the name resolution will fail as you will be going to the wrong place to get your IP for the site you want. This last type of attack, although the most complex, is the easiest to achieve the goal of bringing the HTTP internet down. However, we do not know what methods Anonymous would use to put this in place (with the exception of compromising all the data on the 13 root servers or simply replacing them with their own servers). It gets around the problem of cached information and just gives you back the wrong information altogether when you look for the authoritative name server responsible for the domain you are looking for. After all if the attack is only taking the root servers offline, ISPs and others could increase the TTL to more than 24 hours while they deal with the attack and let their customers know that changes on the days in question will not be put into place until 48 hours later. March 31st will be interesting to say the least, we will try to keep you up to date on this and let you know if we find out anything else about the propose attack for now you can read Anonymous’ pastebin post for the whole announcement/warning. Source |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by houvest: 1:51pm On Feb 18, 2012 |
Na today? we siddon dey look. |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by iluvnaija: 7:02pm On Feb 18, 2012 |
Dat date is too far, i would like dem to shut it down now. the cashless society cbn is planning, is part of an agenda to prepare us for d antichrist. Very soon africa wil be using one currency, very soon d world will be using one currency. Let us go back to d way we use to live. Civilazation is killing humanity. |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by phreakabit(m): 7:35pm On Feb 18, 2012 |
Shutting down the Internet world wide is impossible! The FBI also said it would shut down the internet on march 8 or 12th, and some of my friends on an IT forum just laughed it off as being impossible. There are millions of ISP world wide how do you shut them down at a go? You would need BILLIONS of zombies on your Botnet to achieve this via DOS, if thats what they aim to do. |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by Beaf: 7:37pm On Feb 18, 2012 |
^ They can do it if they get the root nameservers as the article is suggesting. At least, they can get huge swathes of it. @topic Anonymous are beginning to sound worse than the average pest or robber. They are a group of teenagers who are still lacking wisdom. Who asked them to shut down the internet? On whose behalf are they acting? There are many honest little guys out there struggling to make a buck off the web or struggling to make contacts for wholesome endeavours; and Anonymous thinks it is right to cut off these peoples communications and businesses? There are also lovers, friends and family members who are cut off by distance; for them, the internet is a resource that must never be shut down. Further, several emergency and disaster refief services are organised around the internet, therefore cutting it off could spill real blood. If Anonymous insists on becoming a cancer, then they should be cut off and seen as public enemies. What will they do next, hold the World to ransome and make Dr Evil from the movies become real? |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by eunisam: 8:18pm On Feb 18, 2012 |
Whatever!! it is even better to go back to nature.all this modern things has spoild everything, even gsm should go |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by phreakabit(m): 8:19pm On Feb 18, 2012 |
Beaf: They didn't say a large portion of. . . . They actually said the "INTERNET". LOL. . . . I don't think anyone or any organisation can do that. I will wait and see. |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by tpia5: 8:23pm On Feb 18, 2012 |
sure, why not. |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by Nobody: 8:42pm On Feb 18, 2012 |
phreakabit: If they can get to those 13 root DNS servers, the internet can be rendered inaccessible to most end-users. See previous cases documented: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_denial_of_service_attacks_on_root_nameservers Nothing man no go learn for this side. Which one be Reflective DNS amplification DDoS - the method anonymous plans to employ this time around |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by hercules07: 8:59pm On Feb 18, 2012 |
There are more than 13 physical root servers (there are hundreds), they are just wasting their time, they can not get to those root servers. |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by ASOROCKb(m): 10:57pm On Feb 18, 2012 |
Not Possible |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by doofanc: 7:50am On Feb 19, 2012 |
Lets see |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by Beaf: 8:01am On Feb 19, 2012 |
[size=14pt]Attacks[/size] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_denial_of_service_attacks_on_root_nameservers |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by Beaf: 8:03am On Feb 19, 2012 |
Anonymous are playing a game that will soon see them end up as Kentucky fried chicken: [size=14pt]U.S. cyber counterattack: Bomb 'em one way or the other[/size] http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/020807-rsa-cyber-attacks.html |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by Nobody: 8:05am On Feb 19, 2012 |
Beaf: I saw that. Question is, what happens if the source is traced to a friendly country (or countries) as opposed to designated rogue states like Iran and North Korea? |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by Beaf: 8:09am On Feb 19, 2012 |
eGuerrilla: Lol, it was your link I followed. I guess they will simply pick em up like Gary McKinnon; the fool that claimed he was hacking into US military servers for evidence of UFO's. |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by denzel2009: 8:19am On Feb 19, 2012 |
These guys are stuppid they couldn't hack ordinary facebook and amazon now they want to take the whole inter network down. |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by Afam4eva(m): 8:27am On Feb 19, 2012 |
@denzel You just took it right out of my mouth. This anonymous group are not to be taken seriously. They couldn't even shut down facebook like they threatened but they want to shut down the internet. Anyway, maybe they meant "internet.com". |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by Nobody: 9:08am On Feb 19, 2012 |
@denzel2009, afam4eva I seriously hope neither of you is in the business of managing mission critical systems, given the nonchalant views you have expressed on this thread Hear the argument: if you can't bring down Amazon's EC2 network, you are not to be taken seriously. Really You don't think it makes sense for others to consider contingency plans ahead of time? Anyway, if the last major attack on root DNS servers is anything to go by, Nairaland is likely to be accessible on March 31st The two DNS root servers "badly affected" by last month's intense denial-of-service attack were the only two targeted that have not yet installed the Anycast load balancing technology, according to a report (.pdf) released by ICANN.source |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by denzel2009: 9:32am On Feb 19, 2012 |
eGuerrilla: Lol, I'm telling you that it's impossible to take the internet down. For all you know, ISPs cache all DNS requests passing through them. So, it's pointless. I can decide not to come Nairaland through and use its ip address. The only time people will know is when google.com is not accessible. |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by Yeske2(m): 9:58am On Feb 19, 2012 |
Shey they are joking abi? Can't think of being Nairalandless for a day. |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by agiboma(f): 10:14am On Feb 19, 2012 |
i hope they dont do it oooo, i cant live without the net omg, i shatter to think about a day with no nl |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by moHot(f): 10:35am On Feb 19, 2012 |
lol , see some people are already getting scared, heheheheh u go fear addict!! |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by Nobody: 10:41am On Feb 19, 2012 |
Nothing is not possible |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by seunlayi(m): 10:45am On Feb 19, 2012 |
it is not and cannot be possible in the next 3years 1 Like |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by babaowo: 10:50am On Feb 19, 2012 |
its very hard to achieve. |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by eghost247(m): 10:52am On Feb 19, 2012 |
lets see |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by slimyem: 11:10am On Feb 19, 2012 |
March 31st si just a few weeks away. We'll see! |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by justwise(m): 11:18am On Feb 19, 2012 |
Anonymous is losing support by day, they are now acting like some kids with toy gun, pretty soon they will start attacking each other, in technology world of today nobody has it all, while you are busy writing virus programs you are creating job for ant-virus programmers. |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by soloqy: 9:34pm On Feb 19, 2012 |
Those people are becoming a total nuisance. Just like the likes of MEND and Boko Haram. Everytime, threats, threats and more threats. Soon enough they will start threatening themselves: "Note to self, If you dont get a life and get an actual job, I will bomb you(Boko) and delete you from the social security system."(Anonymous). |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by hercules07: 9:44pm On Feb 19, 2012 |
There are hundreds of these servers, please follow this link http://blog.icann.org/2007/11/there-are-not-13-root-servers/ |
Re: Anonymous Plans To Shutdown Internet On March 31st by webbaba: 10:28pm On Feb 19, 2012 |
Forget about this anonymous of a thing. Last year they bragged to takedown facebook by November and itnever happened. This group is always looking for cheap publicity. IT CAN NEVER HAPPEN BELIEVE |
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