a.crossman(a)blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
Question: if Wikipedia was under a DOS attack of
some sort, would we
know about it? I ask because there was an
incident
of repeated
vandalism today, and just after that was dealt
with, Wikipedia became
very (very) slow.
So I just thought a DOS attack was a possibility.
Is it? :-)
Very unlikely. There's so much nastier things you
could do to Wikipedia
than slow it down somewhat. Like deleting all the
images, or using
Special:Movepage to shuffle the article titles.
-- Tim Starling
But I don't think Wikipedia would be attacked in any
way because it would be too easy. It is much like the
Incompatable Timeshare System.
-LittleDan
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