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ISP Forced Out of Business by DoS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sucky-reality dept.

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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  1. Re:which side of the law is our community on? by bwt · · Score: 5, Troll

    We're on the side that says information is not a crime, but attacking someone is.

    Writing a DoS tool is not a crime. Using it on someone else is. What's so hard to understand?