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RE: Yahoo offline because of attack (was: Yahoo network outage)

  • From: Patrick Greenwell
  • Date: Wed Feb 09 13:50:54 2000

On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Deepak Jain wrote:

> If we assume that the attacks are being lead by competent attackers, we
> must also assume that their motive could be more complex than just "hah
> hah, let's see if we can make Yahoo disappear." In fact, it could be far
> more interesting than just a technical display of capabilities.

It would make one hell of an excuse for those wishing more government(s)
involvement/control....


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                               Patrick Greenwell                          
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