Re: [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>]

Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 06:00:00 schrieb Dale:
> Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:26:02 -0600
> > 
> > Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Howdy,
> >> 
> >> I ran across this and though it was a joke.  Did a news search and
> >> sure enough, it is reported in lots of places.  Random linky:
> >> 
> >> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2102856/Will-FBI-shut-Internet-Ma
> >> rch-8-virus-concerns.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
> >> 
> >> Is there any truth to this mess?  My bigger and better question, how
> >> is shutting down the internet going to fix this?  When the net comes
> >> back up, they are still going to be infected.  Right?
> >> 
> >> I'm glad I run a really nice Linux OS.
> > 
> > Gawd, I hate it when morons write sensational articles that attempt to
> > make sense to other morons. You get crap like that.
> > 
> > So if this is legit, and I'm not saying it is, what happened is this:
> > 
> > The malware changes the DNS cache settings on infected machines,
> > sending the user to rogue caches. The FBI captured some (or all) of
> > these rogue caches and (possibly) tried to fix them. A court has now
> > said those rogue caches must now be shut down.
> > 
> > So if the morons reading the article do nothing, on March 8 the DNS
> > caches they use will be down. The user's DNS will not work.
> > 
> > OMFG!!!!!!! Da intartubes is broken!!!!!
> > 
> > <sigh>
> > 
> > Instead, why not just set the DNS caches to something NOT owned by Ivan
> > The Russian Spammer?
> > 
> > And no, the intartubes will NOT be switched off.
> 
> I don't really think they can unless they just cut power to all the
> computers.  After all, the internet is supposed to be redundant right?
> If there is a few computers still running that have a connection, it is
> still working.  Sort of anyway.
> 
> Does make one wonder tho.  They have been talking about having a
> internet "off switch" but I'm not sure it would be that easy.

basically, yes. Take down the core routers and backbones and everything falls 
apart.

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