Re: if anyone would like to help...

[Alex Rubenstein <alex () nac net>]

what kind of traffic did it generate during the DOS?



On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Stephen Griffin wrote:

> In the referenced message, Earnest Guevera said:
> > If anyone is in a position to assist...
> >
> > 2600 IRC SERVER OFFLINE INDEFINITELY
> > Posted 18 Jun 2002 07:13:36 UTC
> >
> > As a result of a massive Denial of Service attack of
> > biblical proportions, we no longer have a home for
> > irc.2600.net.
>
> Hmm, I wonder if a content hoster might take this up
> for the sole purpose of evening a traffic ratio to be in-line
> with certain peering policies.
>
> Assuming the DoS was of the usual send overwhelming amounts of traffic
> at the victim variety.

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