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Sun Grid DOS'd

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the don't-blink-or-you'll-miss-it dept.

feronti writes "So, it didn't take long... CNET is reporting that Sun's new Grid computing service (reported yesterday) has already been the victim of a DDOS attack. "

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  1. Cause & Effect by duerra · · Score: 5, Funny

    The outage, Sun reports, began at around 04:43PM, on Wednesday March 22, as every geek in the world seemingly had nothing else to do at the time.

    (Yes, I went there. And yes, that was just unacceptable. I know. hEhE)

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  2. They're lucky by yootje · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're lucky Slashdot didn't linked to the project, otherwise they would've been DDOS'd for the second time.

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  3. The summary forgot to mention the rest by moochfish · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, it didn't take long... CNET is reporting that Sun's new Grid computing service (reported yesterday) has already been the victim of a DDOS attack. "

    ...As thousands of hackers asked The Grid... What is The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything?

  4. Re: Denial of Service, abbreviated DoS by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny

    As opposed to Distributed Denial of Service, DDoS, which is when all the girls you know conspire not to give you any.

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