DistroWatch has stated that it had gone down for now. DDOS attacks.
Instant Project Failure - GUARANTEED!
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| I'm going to come with a statement that I'll probably get completely
| slaughtered for; Using ASP.NET AJAX in your project is a Gurantee for Instant
| Project Failure!
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http://ajaxwidgets.com/Blogs/thomas/instant_project_failure___guar.bb
And just a couple of days ago:
Are we being DOS attacked by a Microsoft employee?
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| Now I find it funny that a person that lives about 5 minutes from Redmond
| which is the headquarters of Microsoft is DOS attacking us and I don't
| believe that this is a coincidence.
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http://ajaxwidgets.com/Blogs/thomas/are_we_being_dos_attacked_by_a.bb
Related:
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
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| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
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| the BBC reports.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
FBI to Notify Microsoft Windows Users Who Were Victims of Botnets
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| The Department of Justice and FBI have announced the results of
| an ongoing cyber crime initiative to disrupt and dismantle
| “botherders” and elevate the public’s cyber security
| awareness of botnets.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/10550/fbi-notify-microsoft-windows-users-who-were-victims-botnets
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