Re: (FT,SG)Commercial break.....

At 7:57 AM -0700 23/10/2002, Tony Christney wrote:
>No. One of the largest DDOS attacks ever was in progress. So most of
>the web was technically still up, but the DNS servers were swamped.
>
>http://slashdot.org/articles/02/10/22/2332233.shtml?tid=99
>
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A828-2002Oct22.html
>
>Cheers
>On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, at 01:12  AM, Beth.Fulton@csiro.au
wrote:
>
>>G'day,
>>
>>>As at 0900 23/10 GNT your site seems to be down, does that mean it
got
>>>crushed in the rush!!
>>
>>I think it may actually be a net problem, half the net's down
according to
>>the Aussie view of things as I write this (may be a cable got cut
>>somewhere).
>>
>>Cheers
>>
>>Beth