Subject: RE: Off-Topic: Goodbye to ftp.digital.com?
To: Lord Isildur <mrfusion@uranium.vaxpower.org>
From: Brian Chase <vaxzilla@jarai.org>
List: port-alpha
Date: 05/14/2002 12:48:01
On Tue, 14 May 2002, Lord Isildur wrote:

> i'm working exclusively on ftp.digital.com. I'm in the middle of the SRC
> stuff right now, all told i have grabbed 5.5 gigs so far. It might be
> better if you pointed your efforts from ftp.digital.com to
> europe.digital.com, so we minimize redundancy..
> geez, theyre gonna think theyre under some weird kind of ddos or
> something eh? heheh

Yes, but in reality it's a "preservation of service" attack.

-brian.