On Wed, 20 May 2009 07:30:36 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> 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.
There are at least 5 non-de-plumes trolls I could suggest as potential
screw loose cases who would seriously consider doing such a thing. The
rest of the trolls are too thick!
--
I'm always kind, polite and reasonable.... except when I'm not.
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