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DNS servers hit by more denial of service attacks

Hackers have struck DNS servers at Network Solutions with a denial-of-service attack, resulting in a brief performance degradation for customers. The attack, which took place on Monday, is the second DDoS attack on a domain-name registrar within a couple of days, following an attack on German company Joker.com.

The attacks were targeted at the Network Solution?s WorldNIC name servers and resulted in a service degradation for about 25 minutes before the server was restored to normal, a spokeswoman for the company said.

According to internet performance-monitoring company Netcraft, more than 550,000 domains are registered with Joker. "Any of those domains that use Joker's DNS servers are likely to be affected," Netcraft said.

Attacks against DNS servers, though relatively rare until now, are considered especially critical because of their potential to bring down large numbers of webstes. Techworld.com - DNS servers hit by more denial-of-service attacks

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