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Hotmail Servers Shut Down by Code Red

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the is-it-a-problem-yet dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "SF Gate has this story about Code Red taking down some of Microsoft's Hotmail servers. That's funny." So is Code Red a problem yet? Meanwhile my sircams have stopped, except for 2 people who mail me a hundred or more a day. Thank god for filters, but if I had a monthly bandwidth cap, I'd be pissed.

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  1. How to choose a web server for your company by hattig · · Score: 1, Troll
    1) Pick a platform that is difficult to administer remotely

    2) Pick a platform that is insecure

    3) Pick a platform that can't handle the amount of customers you have

    4) Pick a platform that costs a tonne of money

    5) Pick a platform that requires a person with a dodgy qualification to run it, who doesn't know left from right, and demands more money than they are worth

    6) Pick a platform that is proprietary

    7) Pick a platform that runs on low-end server hardware or worse only

    8) Pick a platform that you will have to lease by the year or per billion processor cycles within the next 3 years

    9) Pick a platform with a database server that "loses" data given certain queries

    10) Pick a platform that is forever morphing, changing technology, and has a history of instability

    11) Pick a platform which would get you the sack if management had a clue

    :)

  2. Okay, now I'M "pissed." by Amphigory · · Score: 1, Troll

    Taco, The logical response to your repeated complaints about Sircam is for a few of the trolls to start sending you unlimited numbers of the virus. Stop whining.

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  3. FUD you and the packet you rode in on... by SomeoneGotMyNick · · Score: 1, Troll

    I bet they try to blame their problem on Linux somehow