Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on August 24, 2003 11:54 PM
The trace route analysis by someone on<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/. suggests that one router in the path to their site isn't letting traffic through.
My top theories for the cause are:
1. They took the site down intentionally for a variety of reasons, such as migrating it off of Linux, removing evidence from the site that weakens their case, someone cracked their server, upgrading the server because of increased traffic to their site, etc.
2. An disgruntled employee, former employee or cracker sabotaged the settings in a router to cut off traffic to the site.
3. They are attempting to frame Linux users by pretnding that a DOS attack is being carried out against them so they can make accusations in the media against the evil Linux people for attacking them.
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Re:Can we monitor the attack
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on August 24, 2003 11:54 PMMy top theories for the cause are:
1. They took the site down intentionally for a variety of reasons, such as migrating it off of Linux, removing evidence from the site that weakens their case, someone cracked their server, upgrading the server because of increased traffic to their site, etc.
2. An disgruntled employee, former employee or cracker sabotaged the settings in a router to cut off traffic to the site.
3. They are attempting to frame Linux users by pretnding that a DOS attack is being carried out against them so they can make accusations in the media against the evil Linux people for attacking them.
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