[Gllug] nslookup resolves but not ping or http

[Progga]

On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 09:08:26AM +0000, 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.

Look at the up side.  If you host a mirror, then you get an 
opportunity to practise fending off DDoS attacks :-) 

I once read an article [0] linked from reddit which detailed someone's
experience and it sounded really interesting.

[0] http://blog.unixy.net/2010/08/the-penultimate-guide-to-stopping-a-ddos-attack-a-new-approach/

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