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codezero
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Anonymous takes down Department of Justice and Uni...
They might manage to fill the connection limit for apache on each system (I think this is default to 256?).
oinksoft
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It's not very likely that those sites are using Apache on the front lines.
bmelton
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They are.
cpeterso
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mpaa.org is using nginx/1.0.5, but the other sites do indeed seem to be Apache servers.
baby
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This! Apache is the first casualty when attacked by DOS. Default is way lower than 256 I think... You can change that parameter but it kills the optimization.
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