1996-09-12 - Re: PANIX.COM down: denial of service attack

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From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
To: #6 <cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 389f5e196d70449549fde5f42f47904f3b4892225ebd8f062187700b857185fb
Message ID: <2.2.32.19960912175446.008bf064@panix.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-09-12 21:00:18 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 05:00:18 +0800

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From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 05:00:18 +0800
To: #6 <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: PANIX.COM down: denial of service attack
Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960912175446.008bf064@panix.com>
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At 09:09 AM 9/12/96 -0700, #6 wrote:
>WSJ 9/12/96
>
>Paraphrasing:
>
>Panix has been under attack for the last week by someone flooding
>their server with bogus "requests for information" [see below] ...

Even though service has suffered, Panix is still useable.  Until I read the
MOTDs on Tuesday, I thought it was just normal flakiness.

DCF






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