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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Surprise at the GoDaddy outage? Vulnerable networks are ticking bombs | TechRepublic

This is a good Article about Cloud and Internet In-Security...

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Surprise at the GoDaddy outage? Vulnerable networks are ticking bombs

September 26, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT

Takeaway: Bob Eisenhardt sees the GoDaddy outage as the tip of iceberg for vulnerable networks from banks to infrastructure. His take is pessimistic. Do you disagree?

It was hard to imagine — the total collapse of the GoDaddy service for six hours on September 12, 2012 by an outside attacker (perhaps) — a single hacker associated, (perhaps) with Anonymous. The CEO of GoDaddy promptly indicated it was caused, rather, by a “series of internal network events that corrupted router data tables.” The stories are bad no matter which version you pick. Accompanying this failure was the thousands of small business websites that produce genuine commerce also collapsed. (One customer was out $50,000). With those failures, an untold amount of raw data also was put, potentially, at severe risk of security theft. With theft can easily follow lawsuits and lawyers get rich.

The GoDaddy incident could be viewed as a staggering breach of web-based commerce, and Steve Wozniak has it precisely correct when the guru-savant of Apple predicted the security risks of storing data “in” the cloud. A partner of mine (a certified BCP/DR planner) feels precisely the same way about the inherent dangers of cloud-based storage. The list of consequences is actually endless if you ponder the imponderables of it all.

The precise cause of the GoDaddy attack remains vague for, obviously, the hacker (or as Cliff Stoll might say, a piece of human slime) is not going to reveal his methods or, worse, location, though doubtless the IP security trace is after his data packets. Anonymous rarely takes credit for attacks it does not commit but the stories on the GoDaddy account do not add up under verification. Thus the internal network story gains credibility or at least makes for better PR. It is far better to admit it’s an internal error than an external invasion which frightens everybody away.

Godaddy.com Hosted Sites and Domain Names that use Godaddy DNS and or Forwarding Services Were Down Today 09-10-12

Well, the Big Web News Today (09-10-12). Is, that Many Godaddy.com Hosted Sites and Domain Names that use Godaddy DNS and or Forwarding Services Were Down!:O (See, Links at end of Post for more info). I have 4 Domain Names Registered with Godaddy. But I Host my Web Sites on my own Server. I use a couple of Free Web Site Monitoring Services to let me know the Status of my Web Sites. I Don't use Godaddy's Web Servers. Just for my Domain Names and DNS Forwarding. I received several e-mail notices that my Sites were Down and then Back up Today.