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DesideriScuri -> RE: Scumbag GOP: DOS Healthcare.Gov, Complain it's down. (11/8/2013 11:10:45 AM)
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ORIGINAL: JeffBC
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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri
I wouldn't be surprised, either, but this article doesn't prove there was, or that it was the GOP behind it.
I would disagree. Someone has written a program which has, as it's sole intent, a DOS attack on another website. They have distributed that program. So yeah, there's some sort of "orchestrated DOS attack" going on.
I see nothing which attributes that DOS attack to the GOP. The phrase at the end might be construed as "some particularly fanatical tea party types" but in the end, like you, I'll prefer to wait and see what comes of this. What's interesting about this is that unlike zombies and trojans this isn't malware. As I understand it, the people who are running this software KNOW what it's intended purpose is. In other words, they are all committing a felony class crime. This should be interesting how this turns out.
The article also states:quote:
In a blog post published Thursday, Arbor researcher Marc Eisenbarth said there's no evidence Healthcare.gov has been subjected to any significant denial-of-service attacks since going live last month. He also said the limited request rate, the lack of significant distribution, and other features of the tool's underlying code made it unlikely that it could play a significant role in taking down the site.
Until it's proven that there was a DOS attack, there can only be allegations of the felony. I don't know if having the software, distributing the software, or even writing the code, constitutes a felony if it's never been used. Perhaps intent can be proven and that's where the law was broken, but, as with other things, we need more info.
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