ISP Forced Out of Business by DoS

flyhmstr writes "According to a report on ISPReview Cloud Nine have been forced off line and out of business thanks to the actions of crackers deciding to go play with some DoS tools." It's only getting worse. The kids are getting more and more aggressive as time goes on and it gets easier and easier to launch a large scale DoS. As any techie knows, fixing the problem is far easier said then done... but as a frequent recipient of the sharp end of the DoS stick, I sure wish it wasn't an issue.

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which side of the law is our community on?

[davejenkins]

It's very sexy to support programmers who fight 'bad' encryption routines, 'ludicrous' copyright schemes, and the like, but when it comes to skript k1ddi5 hacking OUR stuff, we want to string them up by thier fingernails.

The tough part of this issue is that it begs the question (from the general population's viewpoint): "Which side of the law are we (slashdot community) on?" The unwashed masses out there see both of these as the same thing...