On 17 May 2004, at 04:32, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
On 17-mei-04, at 4:53, Sean Donelan wrote:
All networks are vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks and flash crowds. Broadcasting & Cable investigates the problems with the telephone and SMS voting with the Fox television show American Idol.
This is _very_ old news. Something like this happened in Holland ages ago, and it was even named the "Henny Huisman effect" after the show's host.
There was a similar thread on this list about cellular and international PSTN circuit congestion in New Zealand as the clock ticked over from 1999 to 2000, e.g.:
http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/1999-12/msg00390.html http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/1999-12/msg00417.html
Joe
