Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

SCO Not Lying About DoS Attack

Posted by michael on from the even-a-stopped-watch-is-right-twice-daily dept.

Licensed2Hack writes "The Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA), part of the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, San Diego has an analysis of the recent DDOS on SCO.com. Netcraft also has more information in their article and analysis graphs. Seems SCO was hit with a 50,000 packet-per-second SYN flood peak, which yields approximately 20 Mb/s each way, or about the capacity of a DS3 line."

6 of 615 comments (clear)

  1. Proof for the skeptics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I know SCO is evil, yada yada yada, but you all jumped on the 'SCO did it on purpose' bandwagon, Slashers.

  2. Re:I wonder... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    and if you could spell you'd spell it PAID, jackass

  3. Childish OS Hackers by yotaku · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And just what do these childish OS hackers expect to gain from this? It is not like it is going to change anything. Yes they are suing people using Linux. But thats one of the problems with open source. If there is a legal issue with the code then its your problem. That is one of the great things about microsoft. At least when you are using their software, you know that you will have microsofts army of lawers to defend any legal issues there may be with the code.

    Which is cheaper, buying windows, or spending months in trial?

  4. The bell tolls by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What is really revolting is the ridiculous story promoted yesterday by Slashdot and others, which had an insipid analysis of the situation concluding that SCO was lying. Really embarassing, if nothing else, like a kid playing with his food. But we know the emotional age of most linux nerds.

    I mean, they criticize others for not being innovative when they themselves have replicated Unix to a tee (and oh yeah, they never looked at any source code, no)--an ancient OS. Now that they are rightly being finally called out onto the carpet for IP theft, they engage in these childish pranks.

    I surely hope that the SCO lawsuit (which is a slam dunk) takes the hot winds out of your copycat sails for a long time.

  5. Re:bad for open source by cleanshaver · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Of course it was the Open Source community. I have met some of these people I know what they are like. A lot of them have beards. What further proof could you possibly need?

  6. DOS by josepha48 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I believe that SCO has a DOS, DOME OF STUPIDITY surrounding them....

    It's all fun and games until someone gets their company bought out.

    --

    Only 'flamers' flame!
    Does slashdot hate my posts?