Comments on: US Election causing Internet attacks? http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2004/11/02/us-election-causing-internet-attacks/ The official blog of Mack D. Male, an Edmonton blogger. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: megs http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2004/11/02/us-election-causing-internet-attacks/comment-page-1/#comment-2065 megs Wed, 03 Nov 2004 01:37:00 +0000 http://~/2004/11/2/us-election-causing-internet-attacks/#comment-2065 hmm. i's an interesting concept though. it does seem to me to be a suppression of free speech. (lol..mack, i agree!) hmm. i’s an interesting concept though. it does seem to me to be a suppression of free speech. (lol..mack, i agree!)

]]> By: Mack D. Male http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2004/11/02/us-election-causing-internet-attacks/comment-page-1/#comment-2064 Mack D. Male Wed, 03 Nov 2004 01:28:00 +0000 http://~/2004/11/2/us-election-causing-internet-attacks/#comment-2064 If you click the link about the conservative blogs that have been down, you'll see that they have confirmed with their web hosting companies that they are indeed under a denial of service attack (DoS), and it is not just higher than normal traffic. <br> <br>The campaign sites are normal traffic, I was just highlighting the fact that they have the money to keep going under extreme stress on the servers whereas the blogs, the sites without spin, do not. If you click the link about the conservative blogs that have been down, you’ll see that they have confirmed with their web hosting companies that they are indeed under a denial of service attack (DoS), and it is not just higher than normal traffic.

The campaign sites are normal traffic, I was just highlighting the fact that they have the money to keep going under extreme stress on the servers whereas the blogs, the sites without spin, do not.

]]> By: Shelley http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2004/11/02/us-election-causing-internet-attacks/comment-page-1/#comment-2063 Shelley Wed, 03 Nov 2004 00:55:00 +0000 http://~/2004/11/2/us-election-causing-internet-attacks/#comment-2063 It's not attacking free speech...when there is a sudden spike in traffic...it often takes the site down. It's nothing malicious and something that should be expected during the election because of course there will be more interest. It’s not attacking free speech…when there is a sudden spike in traffic…it often takes the site down. It’s nothing malicious and something that should be expected during the election because of course there will be more interest.

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