October 21, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to a report by research and analysis firm Netcraft (netcraft.com), UK technology news site The Register.com (theregister.co.uk) Web site was taken offline this week as a result of a distributed denial of service attack.
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The Register reportedly said the attack began at approximately 7:00 a.m. GMT on Wednesday. The site’s performance improved throughout the afternoon.
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The company turned off its CSS stylesheets to reduce network traffic and reduce the impact of the attack.
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The Register, hosted by Rackspace Managed Hosting (rackspace.com) did not offer a reason for why it might have been attacked.
