[Gllug] nslookup resolves but not ping or http

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On 08/12/10 09:08, Jason Clifford wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 22:46 +0000, t.clarke wrote:
>    
>> Hmm,   think it actually not a propagation issue after all......
>> Having tried the bytemark nameservers directly using nslookup, none of
>> them would respond to any query  - so looks like they are 'dead'
>>      
> Do be aware that if you host a wikileaks mirror your server will be
> attacked with the DDoS that is attacking wikileaks.
>
>    


Is this a "proper" DDos attack or simply their servers buckling under 
the weight of millions of curious people trying to access it? Everyone 
is asking me about it right now and it turns out they have all tried to 
go there in the last week or so, even deeply non technical people. It's 
intriguing on a mass scale and few sites could stand their readership 
leaping several orders of magnitude upwards overnight. Ironically if 
they were still on EC2 they might be in with a chance!

So are there any detailed accounts of this DDos on teh intarwebs or is 
it all just speculation?

Roger
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