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Re: News servers attacked?

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From: Irv Spalten
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 15:34
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No, not paranoid... but I don't think it is being attacked either.

Victor Bien wrote:
>   The server from which this is posted is playing up again the 2nd time 
> in as many months.  Of course I have complained to the ISP but I'm 
> wondering...
> 
>   Symptom are that certain postings do not appear on it but still make 
> there way to other servers on the internet - e.g. Googles and Jack 
> Troughton's (new.consultron.ca).  If this problem is persisting at the 
> moments I post this it will not appear on new.syd.connect.net.au 
> (available only to AAPT customers).  The problem seems to be present 
> only on the OS/2 news groups.  For example aus.computers.linux and 
> aus.adsforsale.computers.used don't seem affected.
> 
>   Can news servers be hacked/crippled by a virus or some other sort of 
> attack - by someone opposed to OS/2?  Paranoia?
> 
>   What do people think or know?
> 

See my post way back when,

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From: ispalten@shawus.com (Irv Spalten)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: [OT] News Reader Problem?
Date: 28 Mar 2003 09:23:01 -0800
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It happened again yesterday, and it wasn't an OS/2 NG either.

Wonder if this one will make it?

I do get an nonsense error though (see original message). Also seems to 
occur when the FUD4 go silent as well.

Irv



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