Jisc is permanently removing open public access to Janet (the UK government-funded educational network) information, The Register can reveal, after concluding that such access has been exploited to hobble the service. The move, alongside several other large infrastructural changes – which the administrators have asked The Register not to publish for security and insurance reasons – followed a sustained reflective DDoS attack, causing Janet significant problems between the 1 December and 8 December.
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ORIGINAL SOURCE: Channel Register
