Well, shucks, I'd be glad to read this and educate myself. Except when I visit the provided link I get a 404 resource not found error. Hmmmm.... Regards, John Fishbeck Information Technologist Support Services, Computer Systems & Networking Team Infrastructure Planning and Facilities -----Original Message----- From: MSU IT Services Support [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 10:12 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: NETWORK MANAGEMENT Service Alert Updated: Network Problems due to Open Recursive DNS servers Start: 06/26/2013 7:11 PM End: Next Update: 07/29/2013 9:00 AM Service: NETWORK MANAGEMENT Type: Service Alert Title: Network Problems due to Open Recursive DNS servers Status: Open Comments: IT Services staff has compiled some additional information and best practice configuration recommendations to avoid having hosts or printers used in such attacks. Please see https://techbase.msu.edu/internal/article.asp?id=20196.