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Internet Predicted to Melt Down by Mid-day

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Per Hansson, Aug 25, 2004.

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  1. Per Hansson TechSpot Server Guru

    According to a Russian news site, Kaspersky Labs states that terrorists will launch attacks which will paralyze the Internet this Thursday.

    I'm holding off my bets through, I think this will be a day just like every other on the internet. Source: Internet Storm Center

    You can keep track of the status of a few key routers on the Internet at Internet Traffic Report, the only sight of problem is at Sri Lankan but that was due to a very different cause.
    Per Hansson, Aug 25, 2004
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  2. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    Well my download from www.csrees.usda.gov is slower than I could retype the 20 some pages I'm trying to download (rtf format). Other than that things seem normal to me.
    But you said Thursday, and today is just Wednesday.
    SNGX1275, Aug 25, 2004
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  3. StormBringer Newcomer, in training

    "a russian news site" I must have missed the link where they pointed to the original story on that Russian site. Also, Kaspersky's site seems to have nothing on this either. So forgive me if I seem a bit skeptical.
    StormBringer, Aug 25, 2004
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  4. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    SNGX1275, Aug 25, 2004
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  5. StormBringer Newcomer, in training

    hmm, yahoo couldn't find that page
    StormBringer, Aug 25, 2004
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  6. Per Hansson TechSpot Server Guru

    I think this is just bogs, it's not that easy to take down the internet... Maybe parts of the DNS service but to actually flood all parts of the internet so there no longer is no working communication would be very difficult.
    Per Hansson, Aug 25, 2004
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  7. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    Update: I waited about 30 minutes and all was good.

    lol.

    I just saw it was linked on fark so I figured I'd paste it here.
    SNGX1275, Aug 25, 2004
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  8. aoj145 Newcomer, in training

    Here's more info:
    http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/52787

    Just looks the news (as usual) misquoted someone and sensationalized a story (like that never happens).

    I bet tomorrow CNN anounces that there's a new virus or windows flaw. :p
    aoj145, Aug 25, 2004
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  9. Phantasm66 Newcomer, in training

    No, the terrorists are in fact in league with aliens. They plan to strike from space.
    Phantasm66, Aug 25, 2004
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  10. Unregistered

    EVERYBODY PANIC!!!
    Unregistered, Aug 25, 2004
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  11. Strakian Newcomer, in training

    Where'd you build that Death Star THIS time you mechanical force frreak!! :D
    Strakian, Aug 26, 2004
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  12. MYOB Newcomer, in training

    Hrm, its now midday CET. Still working fine here, though Apples site is a bit slow to respond

    The government networks here are still as snappy as ever (I'm on a 512K VPN link). Though I think that might be helped by how much of Ireland (and hence EU-American link) backbone the state owns through HEANet :)
    MYOB, Aug 26, 2004
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  13. $oulo Newcomer, in training

    Uhm.. Yea sure ok:unch:
    $oulo, Aug 26, 2004
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