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DDoS for Fun and Profit

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the swamped dept.

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.

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  1. Re:They're still dying? by Matty_ · · Score: 0, Troll

    You should add that BSD is dying to the above list. :-)

  2. Re:Activation servers off the net? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    > No sympathy from me.

    Well...

    He _paid_ for XP.

    He is a _customer_.

    He didn't sign a piece of paper saying that he will upgrade to every sp that MS deliver. If he want to upgrade a machine running XPsp0, he have every fucking right to do so.

    And if he used sp1 and waited two days before activating, then this is his right too.

    Microsoft *promised* 24x365 avaibility of their activation scheme.

    They lied. As usual.

    (Btw, you have no sympathy from me, either, msboy)