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The Tiger Effect and Internet DDoS

Posted by timothy on from the aka-the-kenn-starr-steamroller dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Many US and Canadian ISPs thought they were under a massive denial of service attack yesterday — traffic spiked by hundreds of gigabits across North America. Turns out that the traffic was due to live streaming of the U.S. Open and Tiger Woods nail-biting victory."

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  1. Better Days... by VAXcat · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I remember a better, halcyon time, when the only people on the Internet were avid sports non-fans. They were all educated computer professionals....good times...

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  2. No wonder ISPs want pay-per-GB by davidwr · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Their television counterparts aren't making as much ad-sharing revenue!

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