Denial-of-Service Attacks and You
Oct 22nd, 2007 by Tony
So you want to get World Series tickets? You REALLY want to see one of those games up close and personal? If you’re a Rockies fan looking to get tickets, I wish the best of luck to you. Paciolan, the company charged with selling Rockies tickets online (which is also the only method offered this season), claims that an external attack brought down their servers this morning. Wow… so a company that’s supposed to be experienced with high volume ticket sales only sold about 500 of the 54,000 tickets available before the system crashed? Yep, that’s exactly what happened? Paciolan, do yourself a favor and read these handy guides before you decide to try another one of these high volume sales:
- Preventing Denial of Service Attacks - ONLamp.com
- Another Guide on Preventing DOS Attacks - Microsoft (yes, even Microsoft has helpful hints)
To Rockies Fans: I hope that the problems are corrected by noon tomorrow when tickets go back on sale. True fans deserve to get tickets after the hard fought wins in the last month.
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