Was more than just the virus. Seems several computers were compromised and turned into file sharing hosts. In retaliation for cleaning up that mess, a Distributed Denial of Service attack hit early in the morning.

Along the same idea, the Pentagon wants online voting. This surprises me because the technology is not to the point to make it entirely safe.

Preserved comments:

• eee, sounds scary.  i have no idea what all that means, so i would be in big trouble if it happened to me!

  xo

  Posted 1/22/2004 10:16 AM by melally

• A DDoS is where a bunch of computers are made to send invalid network packets at a target. The target can’t do anything with them so it discards them after a timeout period. That timeout period is longer than it would take to just complete them. So many of these invalid packets are sent it cripples the target.

  Posted 1/22/2004 10:20 AM by sneezypb
• Doesn’t surprise me that the Pentegon would want to hurry up online voting.  How else to control the outcome of elections???  Sure, you voted for canidate b….right…
  Posted 1/22/2004 4:03 PM by OEnone