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See Full StoryAt the same time that a judge's call for evidence sent SCO Group's stock price lower, the Lindon, Utah-based company was taking a hit on its Web site, against which attackers launched a denial-of-service attack that also knocked some of the company's internal operations offline. SCO, hit by a similar Web site attack earlier this summer, has been the subject of a great deal of criticism after charging that its proprietary Unix System V source code was illegally used in IBM's AIX operating system and Linux distributions.
Re: SCO Hit with Another Denial-of-Service Attack
Posted by: tungtung 2003-12-11 16:37:07 In reply to: Jay Lyman
Mr. Lyman
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I just read your titled "SCO Hit with Another Denial-of-Service Attack," with some interest. However, it is my belief that SCO was not, in fact, attacked. The article titled, "Security Expert Doubts SCO's Attack Story," which you'll find here:
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031210163721614
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is an excellent technical analysis of the issues involved, followed in the comments section by some spirited debate on the real cause of the problem.
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Obviously, the question of law enforcement involvement can be fact checked by calling the Lindon, Utah Police and/or the Lindon area offices of the FBI and Secret Service.
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Alex Roston
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I just read your titled "SCO Hit with Another Denial-of-Service Attack," with some interest. However, it is my belief that SCO was not, in fact, attacked. The article titled, "Security Expert Doubts SCO's Attack Story," which you'll find here:
.
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031210163721614
.
is an excellent technical analysis of the issues involved, followed in the comments section by some spirited debate on the real cause of the problem.
.
Obviously, the question of law enforcement involvement can be fact checked by calling the Lindon, Utah Police and/or the Lindon area offices of the FBI and Secret Service.
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Alex Roston
