Recently one network provider suffered what appeared to be just such an attack that employed 140, 000 machines from the Domain Name Service.

BBC: Viewpoint: How hackers could decapitate the internet

Three years ago, I sat down with David Ulevitch, a developer who founded OpenDNS in 2005 to help make the Internet faster and more reliable for individuals and businesses by providing a better domain name service.

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Groups have been created for business users, service providers, domain name registrars and companies interested in trademark issues.

CNN: Domain group lacking strong U.S. presence

The service alerts owners if a domain name expires, is transferred to a different registrar, or is hijacked by another Web server.

CNN: New service back-orders domain names

Snap-Shot Service, which monitors changes to domain name registration records and provides weekly status reports but doesn't include automatic repurchases or back ordering.

CNN: New service back-orders domain names

Some weaknesses, already well-known to hackers, foreign governments and, most likely, jihadists, have been exposed in two areas: the Domain Name System that VeriSign oversees and the Border Gateway Protocol, which governs how Internet service providers and large networks exchange routing information.

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So what we have here is a company operating a proxy service used by employees of governments around the world (including ours) that obtained its domain name with false registration data and is being hosted by a U.S. ISP that is rated the second worst offender in the world for collecting stolen data.

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