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==DDoS Attacks==

==DDoS Attacks==

On January 6, 2001, Register.com had a severe Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that lasted for an entire week. It was the first major attack using DNS servers as reflectors.<ref>[http://www.secure64.com/news-register-reflective-ddos-dns Secure 64]</ref>

On January 6, 2001, Register.com had a severe Distributed Denial of Service ([[DDoS]]) attack that lasted for an entire week. It was the first major attack using [[DNS]] servers as reflectors.<ref>[http://www.secure64.com/news-register-reflective-ddos-dns Secure 64]</ref>

On April 1, 2009, Register.com suffered another major DDoS attack, disruptingthousands of web sites. <ref>[http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/04/web_sites_disrupted_by_attack.html The Washington Post]</ref>FBI and The Department of Homeland Security were engaged to help register.com to solve the issue.<ref>[http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/04/regitsercom_suf.html;jsessionid=HIULXEGJM5SXDQE1GHPSKH4ATMY32JVN Information week's Security Web Blog]</ref> Services experienced different kind of problems for almost three days and the system was restored through counter-measures and minimized the disruption.<ref>[http://www.network-box.com/aboutus/news/registercom-affected-massive-ddos Network Box]</ref> Their CEO, Larry Kutscher, explains "For the past three days Register.com has been experiencing intermittent service disruptions as a result of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack – an intentionally malicious flooding of our systems from various points across the internet. We know the disruption of business this has caused our customers is unacceptable, and we are working round the clock to combat it."

On April 1, 2009, Register.com suffered another major DDoS attack, disruptingthousands of web sites. <ref>[http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/04/web_sites_disrupted_by_attack.html The Washington Post]</ref>FBI and The Department of Homeland Security were engaged to help register.com to solve the issue.<ref>[http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/04/regitsercom_suf.html;jsessionid=HIULXEGJM5SXDQE1GHPSKH4ATMY32JVN Information week's Security Web Blog]</ref> Services experienced different kind of problems for almost three days and the system was restored through counter-measures and minimized the disruption.<ref>[http://www.network-box.com/aboutus/news/registercom-affected-massive-ddos Network Box]</ref> Their CEO, Larry Kutscher, explains "For the past three days Register.com has been experiencing intermittent service disruptions as a result of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack – an intentionally malicious flooding of our systems from various points across the internet. We know the disruption of business this has caused our customers is unacceptable, and we are working round the clock to combat it."

==Web.com's acquisition of Register.com==

==Web.com's acquisition of Register.com==