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DDoS for Fun and Profit
First there's the Microsoft worm, reported earlier, which in addition to all the other damage has apparently knocked Microsoft's Windows XP activation servers (and Bank of America ATMs) off the net. Then we've got a report about the ongoing demise of DALnet, perhaps not the way we expected it to go. And Canada discovers a risk of online voting.
Does anyone ever check the dates on articles? Or the content?
April 1st.
Efnet had the same problems awhile ago and people wondered if Efnet could ever recover. But the script kiddies behind the attacks hit puberty and started shaving and liking girls. So the same shit will probably happen to DALnet. But DALnet sucks anyway so its Efnet for life.
The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education. - Paul Feyerabend
You just know that whoever did this is a /.er, and has been for a long time.
This is such a huge community of technically-savvy people, even if most of us are ligitimate users--from lowly personal FTP site administrators to professional sysadmins for major corporations--some among us are the type who crave attention and/or power by any means, including bringing down the Internet in its entirety for a few hours.
I suppose we can't start seeing one another as suspects, though. As is the case with actual terrorism (I agree with other posters who argue that this isn't real terrorism), that type of reaction would be exactly what the perpetrators are hoping for.
I found the meaning of life the other day, but I had write-only access.