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SCO Group Web Site Attacked Again

FreeLinux writes "With not much SCO news today, it seemed that this story was needed - Reuters is reporting that, SCO is again suffering under a DDoS attack that has crippled their web site and email system since Wednesday morning. For the third time this year, the SCO Group's Web site came under attack, apparently by hackers unhappy with the company's legal threats against users of the Linux operating system. The denial-of-service attack started at 6:20 a.m. EST Wednesday and continued through the day, said Blake Stowell, spokesman for the Lindon-based company."

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  1. I am willing to bet.... by overbyj · · Score: 4, Funny

    that everytime Darl is sitting on the john dropping a deuce (of course, we know that he is full of shit) and clogs up the toilet, he blames it on a DOP (denial of plumbing) attack by Linux users!

    Press release to follow.....

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  2. In other news by vosbert · · Score: 4, Funny

    SCO launches a lawsuit against the anonymous hackers.

  3. Ping by penguinoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    In related news, SCO caims ownership of "ping", and will licence it starting at $1000.

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  4. Re:Come on guys... by TedCheshireAcad · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, would, but we can't e-mail them documents anymore.

    Looks like Rock, Paper, Scissors is the only remaining viable solution.

  5. You mean they reported... by frostman · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...a Slashdotting?

    Crybabies!

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  6. Not a DDoS... by drdreff · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's all of those corporate Linux users beating down their door to buy licenses. Hurry and get yours today before they're all gone!

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  7. Probably because of kris_kringle@sco.com... by buford_tannen · · Score: 4, Funny

    This story apparently inspired some poor systems peon at sco to set up email autoresponse to the email address mentioned in the story.

    I tried it, it works. At least someone at SCO has some sense of humor.

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  8. How do I join? by Ignorant+Aardvark · · Score: 4, Funny

    How do I enlist my computer as a zombie in the horde to attack SCO?

    1. Re:How do I join? by krray · · Score: 5, Funny

      Easy:
      ncftpget ftp://ftp.sco.com:/pub/scox/scoxdevcd.iso

  9. Re:And groklaw... by iminplaya · · Score: 4, Funny

    At the risk of being redundant, At the risk of being redundant, here's the story http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=200312101 63721614 I'm kind of surprised there aren't more comments about the fact that SCO is lying about this. Everything else seems irrelevent(sp) The guys at lwn made comments about checking the facts first before running with the story.

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  10. New Icon by Coryoth · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would like to suggest that, once this case is finally settled, Slashdot begin using the caldera systems icon for "Laugh, it's Funny" instead of the Monty Python foot. I know I already associate that blue and red C with a good humourous story.

    Jedidiah.

  11. Re:Kinda Sad... by iabervon · · Score: 4, Funny

    All of the current evidence points to a particular Linux user. But chances are they'll never be prosecuted, because SCO almost certainly didn't actually call any law enforcement, and it's not illegal, in any case, to shut down your own website.

  12. Probably just replacing network printers by Kris_J · · Score: 4, Funny
    After printing 1 million pages of source code, anyone's network might take a bit of time to recover.

    (This would have fitted on a single CD. I think we should add environmental terrorism to the list of SCO's offences.)

  13. Re:Come on guys... by wud · · Score: 5, Funny

    Grow up. Settle it by the law.

    or atleast taking down the site the old fasion way... by posting it on /.

    www.sco.com

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  14. Payment flood by Snoopy77 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wasn't it just a flood of Linux license payments?

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  15. maybe they claim to own "DDOS" too... by bleeper4 · · Score: 5, Funny

    so does that mean they can sue themselves?

  16. The truth about the "attack". by LordK3nn3th · · Score: 5, Funny

    Darl McBride, stumbling drunk (as usual) around SCO's headquarters, accidently tripped over the server's power cord.

    SCO's technicians are busy working to fix the problem.

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  17. Re:And groklaw... by Rick+the+Red · · Score: 5, Funny
    the consensus at Groklaw is that either SCO are lying through their teeth and this is all FUD, or their network admin staff are a bunch of incompetents.
    That's lawyers for you: always one or the other. Guilty or innocent. Right or wrong. Black or white. Never once considered the possibility that it's both.
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  18. Re:Improper use of "Hacker" by AndroidCat · · Score: 4, Funny
    Perhaps. How secure are these undead nets? (Mind you, if I got control of some spammer's zombies, I'd be tempted to turn them back on the spammer.)

    Beware the DOSferatu: The Children of the Byte, who reboot from the grave.

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  19. Re:FUD by SkArcher · · Score: 4, Funny

    Especially since they are an enterprise scale company with a professional background in Unix(tm|c|$699) and we are a bunch of howling barbarian commie pinko liberal leftist joint smoking scum who have to steal their code to make a web worthy competitior.

    The above was humour. Laugh, damn your eyes.

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  20. Re:Come on guys... by NoMoreNicksLeft · · Score: 4, Funny
    Unless they are running a system old enough to be called grossly negligent



    They use Unixware, duh.

  21. Re:Come on guys... by RALE007 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Rock, Paper, Scissors is outdated and has been updated. To further the "paperless society", it's just Rock, Scissors. Daryl took the scissors and is running around with them sharp end pointed up. I guess we'll just have to find a rock to throw at him. Not the same but fun none the less!

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  22. Re:Come on guys... by orthogonal · · Score: 5, Funny

    The public has no idea what a email blacklist is, or why they're important for fighting spammers.

    As a member of the public, I want you to know that I am offended by your use of the term "blacklist".

    It is offensive to all African-Americans and other People of Color. Why must "black" always be equated with "bad", when exploitative White male colonizers are the source of all evil in the world?

    You might as well perpetuate the culture of oppression by referring to some disk drives as "Master", and some as "Slave".

    I will petition the Los Angeles City Council to ban the use of these "blacklists" altogether!

    I urge my fellow easily offended perpetually victimized knee-jerk progressives to join me in this vitally important crusade.

  23. Kernel panicked and fled? by leonbrooks · · Score: 4, Funny
    they have gone from using linux/apache before the attack, to unknown/apache after the attack.

    Linux's Hypocrisy Buffer probably overflowed, so it automatically deinstalled. Either that, or the kernel panicked and left the building.

    Watch for D'ohl and co to explain that they had to replace their Linux server with UnixWare 'coz "Linux couldn't take the heat". Whackers.

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