Re: SOP for WebDNA talk - MSNBot Crashing

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = This MSNBot problem is really a pain. If we didn't detect this attack from MSNBot then we would be blaming WebDNA and losing customers. Maybe MS has something up its sleeves. Eduardo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Nordberg" To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 2:56 PM Subject: Re: SOP for WebDNA talk - MSNBot Crashing > eduardo@advancedemedia.com wrote: > > How about 10,000 page requests from MSNBot > > in about 3 hours. > > That's what's technically known as a denial of service attack. In the > end it doesn't really matter if it's done deliberately or because a > bunch of amateurish incompetents are trying to build a search engine as > is the case here. Have you considered suing Microsoft? > The police seems to be quite happy to go for kids doing this kind of > things for sun. I wonder if they have the guts to take on a big > corporation for the same crime. > > > > Frank Nordberg > http://www.musicaviva.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: SOP for WebDNA talk - MSNBot Crashing ( Paul Uttermohlen 2004)
  2. Re: SOP for WebDNA talk - MSNBot Crashing ( 2004)
  3. Re: SOP for WebDNA talk - MSNBot Crashing ( "Scott Anderson" 2004)
  4. Re: SOP for WebDNA talk - MSNBot Crashing ( Frank Nordberg 2004)
  5. Re: SOP for WebDNA talk - MSNBot Crashing ( 2004)
  6. Re: SOP for WebDNA talk - MSNBot Crashing ( 2004)
  7. Re: SOP for WebDNA talk - MSNBot Crashing ( Paul Uttermohlen 2004)
  8. Re: SOP for WebDNA talk - MSNBot Crashing ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  9. Re: SOP for WebDNA talk - MSNBot Crashing ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  10. Re: SOP for WebDNA talk - MSNBot Crashing ( 2004)
  11. Re: SOP for WebDNA talk - MSNBot Crashing ( Alain Russell 2004)
  12. Re: SOP for WebDNA talk - MSNBot Crashing ( 2004)
  13. Re: SOP for WebDNA talk - MSNBot Crashing ( Alain Russell 2004)
  14. Re: SOP for WebDNA talk - MSNBot Crashing ( Paul Uttermohlen 2004)
  15. Re: SOP for WebDNA talk - MSNBot Crashing ( Gary Krockover 2004)
  16. Re: SOP for WebDNA talk - MSNBot Crashing ( Paul Uttermohlen 2004)
This MSNBot problem is really a pain. If we didn't detect this attack from MSNBot then we would be blaming WebDNA and losing customers. Maybe MS has something up its sleeves. Eduardo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Nordberg" To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 2:56 PM Subject: Re: SOP for WebDNA talk - MSNBot Crashing > eduardo@advancedemedia.com wrote: > > How about 10,000 page requests from MSNBot > > in about 3 hours. > > That's what's technically known as a denial of service attack. In the > end it doesn't really matter if it's done deliberately or because a > bunch of amateurish incompetents are trying to build a search engine as > is the case here. Have you considered suing Microsoft? > The police seems to be quite happy to go for kids doing this kind of > things for sun. I wonder if they have the guts to take on a big > corporation for the same crime. > > > > Frank Nordberg > http://www.musicaviva.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/

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