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jimdahl

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Though SiouxSports.com has been happily chugging away, the owner of the network that sits between you and siouxsports has been under a significant attack that has limited everyone's ability to access the site from the outside.

It's a pretty significant provider, hosting something like 500,000 sites, so they've been working hard to work around the attacks. Hopefully things will stabilize soon. For techies interested in the gory details, you can view their updates on the situation here: http://status.linode.com.

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1 hour ago, jimdahl said:

Though SiouxSports.com has been happily chugging away, the owner of the network that sits between you and siouxsports has been under a significant attack that has limited everyone's ability to access the site from the outside.

It's a pretty significant provider, hosting something like 500,000 sites, so they've been working hard to work around the attacks. Hopefully things will stabilize soon. For techies interested in the gory details, you can view their updates on the situation here: http://status.linode.com.

I don't speak techie, but was this a cyber attack?

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38 minutes ago, bison73 said:

Why do people do this?  I just dont understand why---how these dirt bags get there jollies from messing with other peoples internet??????? Whats the end game????

Usually it's about $$. Take over someone's site/network and tell them they can have it back for $x. Other times it's just a-holes looking to see if they can actually do it. 

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6 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:

Usually it's about $$. Take over someone's site/network and tell them they can have it back for $x. Other times it's just a-holes looking to see if they can actually do it. 

Yep. My guess is extortion attempt. This sort of attack is not cheap. I assume they wrote the network provider and offered to back off for $$$. That the network owner refused and instead tried to work around it is why I can't be too mad about the down time.

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4 hours ago, UNDBIZ said:

Usually it's about $$. Take over someone's site/network and tell them they can have it back for $x. Other times it's just a-holes looking to see if they can actually do it. 

Thanks. Too bad they cant catch those azzholes and shoot them.

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