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A comment on FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing period for net neutrality. Parent comment

Re:FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing perio... by PhasmaFelis on Monday May 08, 2017 @06:33PM (#14296255)
> "While the comment system remained up and running the entire time, these DDoS events tied up the servers and prevented them from responding to people attempting to submit comments."

...That doesn't sound like "up and running."

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Re:FCC’s comment system targeted by DDoS during filing perio... by failrate on Monday May 08, 2017 @07:27PM (#14296519)
It sounds like weasel-speak for "the web service didn't crash", but our switch was completely saturated.
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