On TV.com: Watch NARUTO SHIPPUDEN Episode 135
BNET Business Network:
BNET
TechRepublic
ZDNet
TalkBack 29 of 76:
Next »
« Previous
We don't know anything 'crashed'

My Linux servers get traffic bursts now and then. The Apache web server can saturate a 10 Mbps link without breaking a sweat, but if you're getting 1000Mbps worth of requests, that line is saturated, and 99% of site visitors are going to think your server is down.


The last time this happened, someone had tampered with the "search engine" at MSN.com so that if you searched "Fox News" it would lead to my customer's site instead of Fox'. We discovered an awful lot of people find Faux Nooz that way. The attack went on for six hours, with hundreds of people calling my customer's office to complain that we had "hacked Fox News." Eventually I logged in via Secure Shell and replaced the customer's front page with a short graphics-free explanation of the event, suggesting folks might not want to trust that "search engine" so much. The attack continued for about ten more minutes before MSN.com fixed their hacked web application.


The link was going 100% for over six hours. Linux and Apache took it in stride. But you wouldn't have known that from outside. My guess is the same thing happened to Ubuntu.com. Too many selfish people too rude and lazy to use a nearby mirror.

Posted by: cls@...   Posted on: 04/24/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
Reply to Story Reply to Message

Alert moderator to an offensive message

Subscribe to this discussion via Email or RSS

Mike Cox must be out of town with his MS rep...  James T. Kirk | 04/19/07
that was priceless!  galileon | 04/19/07
Ubuntu 'Feisty Fawn' released, hit by traffic  Loverock Davidson | 04/19/07
Ohh, Checky!  rfdparker2002 | 04/19/07
I'd rather take  Loverock Davidson | 04/19/07
Ohh, Checky!  joe6pack_z | 04/23/07
"This isn't right. This isn't even wrong" [W. Pauli]  BanjoPaterson | 04/19/07
I Second that  rfdparker2002 | 04/19/07
LOL - Sometimes...  BanjoPaterson | 04/19/07
Looks like he could get a job at Micro$oft then.  handydan918 | 04/20/07
Name calling  Loverock Davidson | 04/19/07
... And Yet No Rational Rebutt to Any of my Points  BanjoPaterson | 04/20/07
Why would I waste my time?  Loverock Davidson | 04/20/07
When you start the Debate  bka1959 | 04/20/07
This is so out in left field....  teddybairs1 | 04/19/07
It looks pretty accurate to me  Loverock Davidson | 04/19/07
EITHER You Are a Super Brilliant Satirist Who has Fooled Us All OR...  BanjoPaterson | 04/20/07
Or I'm right  Loverock Davidson | 04/20/07
Please point to  Freebird54 | 04/20/07
Reality  gotitright | 04/20/07
I'm Just Trying to help you  boilers78 | 04/23/07
Calm down.  miyojim | 04/23/07
And still can't back his claims...  devlin_X | 04/22/07
Even MS is running Linux....  deefburger | 04/23/07
Not even surprising  cls@... | 04/24/07
Wow...  khorsia | 04/20/07
Strange  ajole | 04/20/07
Damn shame  devlin_X | 04/22/07
We don't know anything 'crashed'  cls@... | 04/24/07
feisty fawn  C. A. Clark | 04/19/07
Fawns are hunted animals  Loverock Davidson | 04/19/07
Hunted?  zkiwi | 04/19/07
WRONG!  galileon | 04/19/07
reading ext2 on windows  sjaaxken | 04/20/07
The truth about time...  John Le'Brecage | 04/20/07
Oh how you still get it wrong  Loverock Davidson | 04/20/07
you're funny  sjaaxken | 04/20/07
Yer funny  Sabz5150 | 04/20/07
Number fudgiing  Freebird54 | 04/20/07
Boy! Are you ever out in left field!  I. Kidya Knott | 04/21/07
installation */Ubuntu vs. Windows  devlin_X | 04/22/07
facts  boilers78 | 04/23/07
Just curious...  four-eyes_z | 04/22/07
Fiesty an easy install  bobsherrill@... | 04/23/07
Only poachers hunt fawns you idiot  ajole | 04/20/07
Didn't Microsoft Have The Same Problem  itanalyst | 04/19/07
FUD  cls@... | 04/20/07
Speaking of FUD  Loverock Davidson | 04/20/07
errrrrr  sjaaxken | 04/20/07
Anti-Virus software  boilers78 | 04/23/07
Another useless peeing contest...  readwryt@... | 04/20/07
About INDUSTRIAL USES for LINUX  Old Timer 8080 | 04/23/07
Whlie I sometimes enjoy reading the crap, can't we get this guy banned?  ajole | 04/20/07
Another in denial  Loverock Davidson | 04/20/07
Hey, troll  bbbaldie_z | 04/20/07
Loverock is part right.  Zeppo9191 | 04/20/07
LD is great  Endoscopy | 04/20/07
You really think highly of yourself, lol  devlin_X | 04/22/07
I suggest boycott.  miyojim | 04/23/07
Consider the source (no compiling needed)  The_Curmudgeon | 04/20/07
Updates on Ubuntu are optional.  miyojim | 04/23/07
Know your subject matter.  gotitright | 04/20/07
Wrong. 3D is there  patibulo | 04/20/07
Yeah but..  Imitation | 04/20/07
And more than meets the eye  phburks | 04/20/07
Great article!  pjotr123 | 04/20/07
More like Faulty Fawn...  khorsia | 04/20/07
Maybe it's the virtual machine software, not Ubuntu  chemist109 | 04/20/07
ATI widescreen issues...  ajole | 04/20/07
This isn't an installation issue...  JCitizen | 05/01/07
Time to reset this post to 0  billy.cunha@... | 04/20/07
Middle is good...  JCitizen | 05/01/07
Ndiswrapper...  DanielB | 04/20/07
A partial solution to ndiswrapper  Old Timer 8080 | 04/23/07
My opposite experience  cls@... | 04/24/07
Feisty Fawn Shows it's mettle!  Old Timer 8080 | 04/23/07

What do you think?

SponsoredWhite Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads

advertisement

Meet Doc