on 10/3/02 4:42 AM, Paul Berkowitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It seems that the ftp hosting server (which ASC has to pay a rather > significant sum for, although ASC provides its own services free) was under > continual attack precisely on the ASC sector. This would keep bringing the > whole site down.
Pathetic script kiddies at play, most likely from some Windows zealotry. Once the IP is known, it's very easy to deny connections from that entire block. > This was on top of the general situation that if 40 files > are being downloaded at once, you get a message asking you to try again > later. This is fine, as that is a reasonable issue. Nevertheless, those providing the josting, particularly when they charge for this service, ought to be running a more crash prone installation (it's not that difficult to prevent ftpd or the system from running out of resources. > Evidently there's someone somewhere that keeps bombarding the site > with continuous multiple download requests and then tries to download the > whole ASC site when he does get through. Ridiculous waste of someone's time. Probably some 12 year old. > (I sure hope this isn't you, Harry.) Preposterous allegation and accusation. > That then brings down the whole hosting site again. They've just > worked out a solution for the latter, at least so that part at least > shouldn't happen again. Glad to hear that, and when these kind of things happen, it's always unfortunate, but invariably points to some really stupid people - I've traced my fair share, and had them get a lecture from their parents for the crap they did (or, in one case, get them kicked out of their law school in Australia). It can be fun, in all its pathetic glory. Harry -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
