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  • Subject: RE: Denial of Service, Good for AS/400?
  • From: "Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 11:04:27 -0600

I don't really see how it could.  It may shut down the HTTP or SMTP server
instances, but not the whole box.  That's the difference between a PC and an
AS/400.

I could be wrong, but I'd be interested in hearing what others thing and
why.  ("why" is the important part.)

Brad


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> From: Pike4@ix.netcom.com [mailto:Pike4@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 7:52 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Denial of Service, Good for AS/400?
> 
> 
> During the recent outrages at Yahoo and the others, by 
> hackers who as I understand it, overload the web servers, 
> with excessive email, I was wondering if this could happen to 
> an AS/400 web server?
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