At the same time that a judge’s call for evidence sent SCO Group’s stock price lower, the Lindon, Utah-based company was taking a hit on its Web site, against which attackers launched a denial-of-service attack that also knocked some of the company’s internal operations offline. SCO, hit by a similar Web site attack earlier this summer, has been the subject of a great deal of criticism after charging that its proprietary Unix System V source code was illegally used in IBM’s AIX operating system and Linux distributions.
Mr. Lyman . I just read your titled "SCO Hit with Another Denial-of-Service Attack," with some interest. However, it is my belief that SCO was not, in fact, attacked. The article titled, "Security Expert Doubts SCO's Attack Story," which you'll find here: . http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031210163721614 . is an excellent technical analysis of the issues involved, followed in the comments section by some spirited debate on the real cause of the problem. . Obviously, the question of law enforcement involvement can be fact checked by calling the Lindon, Utah Police and/or the Lindon area offices of the FBI and Secret Service. . Alex Roston
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SCO Hit with Another Denial-of-Service Attack
Posted by: Jay Lyman December 11, 2003 02:22 PMAt the same time that a judge’s call for evidence sent SCO Group’s stock price lower, the Lindon, Utah-based company was taking a hit on its Web site, against which attackers launched a denial-of-service attack that also knocked some of the company’s internal operations offline. SCO, hit by a similar Web site attack earlier this summer, has been the subject of a great deal of criticism after charging that its proprietary Unix System V source code was illegally used in IBM’s AIX operating system and Linux distributions.
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I just read your titled "SCO Hit with Another Denial-of-Service Attack," with some interest. However, it is my belief that SCO was not, in fact, attacked. The article titled, "Security Expert Doubts SCO's Attack Story," which you'll find here:
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031210163721614
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is an excellent technical analysis of the issues involved, followed in the comments section by some spirited debate on the real cause of the problem.
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Obviously, the question of law enforcement involvement can be fact checked by calling the Lindon, Utah Police and/or the Lindon area offices of the FBI and Secret Service.
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Alex Roston