It sounds like they used a DOS attack, which means they are starting to get a clue about how to do these things.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 12:08 PM Subject: Re: [LUG] newvision.co.ug > > There is some thruth in the bocking of the Monitor website. I was trying > to follow the results using their online tally centre but after some time, > access simply became a problem. Now of course I attributed it to heavy > traffic initially but when the situation did not change I began to suspect > something else. > > PS: I was accessing from Outside the country. > > Wire > >> You can't be sure if it is the traffic or the fellows just did not >> change the default no. of connections (100) in MySQL. >> >> On another note, yesterday I read in yesterday's Monitor that Govt >> blocked their website www.monitor.co.ug >> Is that not crap? >> >> K. >> >> >> On Feb 25, 2006, at 12:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> >>> Vision & Monitor sites have been jammed by traffic these past days. >>> Just >>> keep trying. However fear not, Tajja Ggenda. >>> >>> Wire >>> >>>> Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections >>>> in >>>> /usr/local/apache/sites/enteruganda.com/shared/includes/ >>>> enteruganda.dbconn.inc.php >>>> on line 2 >>>> >>>> Warning: mysql_select_db(): Too many connections >>>> in >>>> /usr/local/apache/sites/enteruganda.com/shared/includes/ >>>> enteruganda.dbconn.inc.php >>>> on line 3 >>>> >>>> Looks like the newvision.co.ug can't keep up. >>>> >>>> Mark. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> LUG mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>>> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>>> >>>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them >>>> (including >>>> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them >>>> in any >>>> way. >>>> --------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> LUG mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>> >>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them >>> (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible >>> for them in any way. >>> --------------------------------------- >>> >> >> -- >> Hari Kurup >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any >> way. >> --------------------------------------- >> >> > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
