Ubuntu forum server attacks. Come on guys...WTF

[tseliot]

dude, relax.

The ddos was actually a slashdotting, because of a link to poofyhairguy's enlightened gnome howto.

Could you explain what a "slashdotting" is, please?

[dcraven]

I hope hackers' motherboards and harddisks melt down (together with their ballocks if they have them). Sorry but I'm very angry. Yesterday I was afraid of losing the Forum.

If "hackers'" motherboards and harddisks melted, you wouldn't have an OS to run right now at all.

~djc

[tseliot]

If "hackers'" motherboards and harddisks melted, you wouldn't have an OS to run right now at all.

~djc

Of course I meant the hackers who attacked the forum. I'm not against good hackers.

[Brunellus]

Could you explain what a "slashdotting" is, please?

http://slashdot.org has a huge readership, which likes following links, especially if the links are interesting (and not, say, goatse.cx)

Thus, when poofy posted a link to his enlightened gnome howto, thousands of slashdot readers immediately went CLICKY!

The resulting spike in traffic is an effective ddos--but it is accidental rather than malicious.

thus: chill out. Ubuntu was just vicimized by fame.

[tseliot]

http://slashdot.org has a huge readership, which likes following links, especially if the links are interesting (and not, say, goatse.cx)

Thus, when poofy posted a link to his enlightened gnome howto, thousands of slashdot readers immediately went CLICKY!

The resulting spike in traffic is an effective ddos--but it is accidental rather than malicious.

thus: chill out. Ubuntu was just vicimized by fame.

Ok, thanks now everything's clear.

[byen]

Ok, thanks now everything's clear.

always heard the notion "fame can sometimes be bad"...guess this is the first time ive seen it happen to me.....lol...i mean effect me.

PS- but talking abt "poofy". he did do a great job with that howto. helped me a out bigtime (thanks)

[KingBahamut]

All is fair in love and war, and turnabout is fair play. I say we link a /. article here...

muahahah...

Yeah, I couldn't read these forums half the day as well. On the upside, because of it, I actually saw the sun for the first time in a long while. Dang, it burns. It buuuurns...

\\//_

I wonder if we have enough to hit Slashdot....that would take a lot of people at once.

Skoal, the sun is bad, dont go near it....dont touch it dont look at it. Morlockian Monitor light is just fine.

=)

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?s...tid=123&tid=17

quick everyone jump on this AOL /. article.

[endy]

The ddos was actually a slashdotting, because of a link to poofyhairguy's enlightened gnome howto.

My mistake then, I could have sworn it happened before. Nevermind, I guess I'll never be much good for any eye witnessing

[KingBahamut]

http://slashdot.org has a huge readership, which likes following links, especially if the links are interesting (and not, say, goatse.cx)

Thus, when poofy posted a link to his enlightened gnome howto, thousands of slashdot readers immediately went CLICKY!

The resulting spike in traffic is an effective ddos--but it is accidental rather than malicious.

thus: chill out. Ubuntu was just vicimized by fame.

Brun, theres nothing wrong with the Goatse....Long live the Goatse.

This link proves it.

The 8 stages of the Goaste.

http://www.the-elite.net/ClarkPage/Phases/

[skoal]

[...] ...dont touch it dont look at it. Morlockian Monitor light is just fine. [...]

Morlockian Monitor light? I think I remember that from an episode of 'Land of the Lost'. Isn't that when Cha-ka and Holly had a tough decision to make? As they stared at the Morlock portal showing them scenes from their homeworld, instead of going through, they took the purple cave crystal and shined it at the sleestack's eyes, temporarily blinding it so they could escape. I remember now...

muahahaha...

\\//_