Microsoft Bots Effectively DDoSing Perl CPAN Testers

at_slashdot writes "The Perl CPAN Testers have been suffering issues accessing their sites, databases and mirrors. According to a posting on the CPAN Testers' blog, the CPAN Testers' server has been being aggressively scanned by '20-30 bots every few seconds' in what they call 'a dedicated denial of service attack'; these bots 'completely ignore the rules specified in robots.txt.'" From the Heise story linked above: "The bots were identified by their IP addresses, including 65.55.207.x, 65.55.107.x and 65.55.106.x, as coming from Microsoft."

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Re:The US government is competent.

[Lloyd_Bryant]

I'm a right winger and I like to see smaller, less intrusive government, but, I think it is wrong to say that the US government is competent.

The US Gov't has successfully operated as a going concern for 220+ years, with a proven and reliable management structure. Few, if any corporations, have been able to do that.

Let's see...

War on Poverty - yeah, that worked out *real* well, didn't it.
War on Drugs - See any results there?
War on Terror - With this one, I can't really tell if it's bungling, or actual malice

Those are just the "big names".

The US Government is a well-designed structure. And it worked pretty darn well for a while. But as federal power has increased, the effectiveness of that structure has decreased. In short, the Republic of the Founding Fathers is showing it's years.

And, for the record, there are organizations such as Lloyd's of London that can trace their existence, in one form or another, back to the 17th century. And if you want a truly old corporation, look at Stora Kopparberg Bergslags Aktiebolag in Sweden, which has been around since the 1300's!

Most corporations wither and die after a while, since their markets can wither and die. The "market" of a government does not - the only way for a government to "die" is by armed force, either from within or without.