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____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Wednesday 20 May 2009 11:30 : \____
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out
> this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> Burying the truth? Boycott Novell hit by Denial of Service attack
>>
>>
http://blogs.computerworld.com/burying_the_truth_boycott_novell_hit_by_denial_of_service_attack
>
> Boycott Novell is one opinionated site. If you think I'm pro-Linux and
> hard on Microsoft, you haven't been reading Roy Schestowitz, who makes me
> look as mild as a May day.
>
> :-D
>
> Boycott Novell, which was founded in 2006 in reaction to Novell's
> partnership with Microsoft, is very popular with about a million hits per
> month, but it's also made enemies. Enemies who seem to have had enough of
> Boycott Novell recently launched a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service)
> attack, which has almost knocked the site out.
>
>> I've struggled with it for 3+ days. I'm still restoring data. I needed to
>> set up the account again.
>
> And they think /we/ are the zealots!
>
> In Boycott Novell's case, I strongly suspect that that someone iis a
> person with a screw loose and a grudge against Schestowitz's strong
> anti-Microsoft and proprietary software views. If that seems a little bit
> over-the-top, well, as I just pointed out, it doesn't really require any
> technical expertise to knock out a Web site. All you need is a grudge and
> the right contacts.
We were attacked for a period of 3 hours this afternoon as well.
- --
~~ Best of wishes
Everyone gives lip service to that 7 layer model but that fact is that the
only thing that has ever been truly OSI 7 layer compliant is the
Taco Bell 7 Layer Burrito. -- Kent "Dogman" Dahlgren
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