Ancestry.com Distributed Denial of Service Attack
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- GoldLounger
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Ancestry.com Distributed Denial of Service Attack
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Genealogy....confusing the dead and annoying the living
Genealogy....confusing the dead and annoying the living
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- Administrator
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Re: Ancestry.com Distributed Denial of Service Attack
The ancestors don't like being investigated?
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Hans
Hans
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- gamma jay
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Re: Ancestry.com Distributed Denial of Service Attack
Maybe the overload on the servers were the ancestors trying to find their living relatives?
Regards,
Rudi
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Rudi
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- GoldLounger
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Re: Ancestry.com Distributed Denial of Service Attack
Both could be right, but the shame that some people do not care how their actions affect other people.
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Genealogy....confusing the dead and annoying the living
Genealogy....confusing the dead and annoying the living
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- gamma jay
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Re: Ancestry.com Distributed Denial of Service Attack
i'm certainly with you Dave, but unfortunately this extends way...way beyond the boundaries of spammers and PC users...DaveA wrote:...but the shame that some people do not care how their actions affect other people.
Where are the days of plain old good manners, respect, honour and kindness....on the roads, in the shopping centers on the beach and at work!
Regards,
Rudi
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- GoldLounger
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Re: Ancestry.com Distributed Denial of Service Attack
They are mainly back on line. NOT all sites yet, but they are getting there.
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- 4StarLounger
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Re: Ancestry.com Distributed Denial of Service Attack
I was wondering why, as I was in the middle of trying to determine if Jonsdotter was a distant relative when the site went down.
When one cat leaves, another mysteriously shows up.
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- GoldLounger
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Re: Ancestry.com Distributed Denial of Service Attack
This is an old thread.
Ancestry is working for me at this time.
Ancestry is working for me at this time.
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- SilverLounger
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Re: Ancestry.com Distributed Denial of Service Attack
Maybe it got resurrected because of Halloween
CYa Ron
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