[AusNOG] census issues tonight

[Mark Newton]

On Aug 10, 2016, at 11:43 AM, Robert Hudson <hudrob at gmail.com> wrote:
> What a complete crock of shit.

Yep.

> On 10 August 2016 at 11:34, Daniel <satellite at internode.on.net <mailto:satellite at internode.on.net>> wrote:
> The relevant minister (Michael McCormack) has released a statement blaming DDoS in combination with a router hardware failure:
> 
> “There was a large scale denial of service attempt to the census website and online form. A denial of service is an attempt to block people from accessing a website. Following, and because of this, there was a hardware failure,” he said.
> 
> 
> A "large scale denial of service attempt" is an attack.  One doesn't launch a "large scale denial of service attempt" in an attempt to say a pleasant "Hello there!" or for any other friendly reason.

Lot of ISPs here — How many of you saw indications in your traffic graphs of “large scale denial of service attempts” aimed at IBM/ABS destinations?

I think this is as credible as a three dollar bill.

  - mark


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