beermat: (Default)
greg elkin ([personal profile] beermat) wrote2003-09-10 08:27 pm

(no subject)

who moved microsoft?

"C:\Program Files\KB824146Scan>ping www.microsoft.com

Pinging a562.cd.akamai.net [213.161.66.154] with 32 bytes of data:"

!

[identity profile] etriganuk.livejournal.com 2003-09-10 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
It was front-ended by Akamai in the run-up to the Blaster worm. They needed the distributed nature of Akamai to cover the potential DoS vector.