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.

Comments

They're still dying?

[EvilStein]

Geez, Dalnet and EFnet are beginning to sound like Apple - they're *always* "going out of business" or something like that.

Wait, the difference is that Apple is still on the net. Heh.

Fastest day of the internet all year

[leprkan]

I would put money on it that tommorow will be the generally fastest day of the internet all year (not saying much it's january). Everything important will be patched, and all the home pc owners that don't know jack about computers will say, "I don't want to catch that virus I heard about on the news, I better wait a day untill it dies down". Thus more bandwidth for everyone else.

huh

[pummer]

why would they use online voting when they could simply use chad-laden punch cards??

Dilemma

[Anonymous Coward]

So torn...should I damn Microsoft for providing easy replicative means to fuck up the net all day, or thank them for providing the means to disable the XP activiation servers?

When your enemy is their own worst enemy, does that make them your friend?

Head...aching...

What's up with email?

[seanadams.com]

I didn't get any spam today... can you guys do this DDOS thing more often? :)

Re:hope the ddos'ers enjoy jail

[GigsVT]

I hope the people who are responsible for this attack (which is technically terrorism) are thrown in jail. It will likely be a long sentence.

I seriously doubt Bill Gates and other Microsoft programmers will spend any time in jail at all over this.

Attacks and... freedom?

[jabex]

I guess it's good that Kevin Mitnick has started his own consulting firm. Hmmmm.

http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03 /0 1/20/1254218&mode=thread

Let me try my first profit post:
1) Free Kevin

2) Start Consulting Firm

3) (cough... cough)

4) Profit!

Seriously - I'd hate to be Kevin Mitnick right now... There's probably 20 different gov't agencies all getting the warrants right now. "This much havoc can only come from ONE man!" Mwuwuwuwahahhahaha.