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How SCO could become weapon of mass destruction

1. Disconnect the DNS 2. Take a poll. Slashdot wins
Fri Jan 30 2004, 16:48
OVER AT THE NETCRAFT site there's an article which discusses whether SCO even cares whether its web site is up or down, when the MyDoom virus launches its purported denial of service attack on February 1st.

According to the article, SCO can direct the slings and arrows of outrageous MyDoom fortune, at a whim, to an object of its choosing.

All it has to do is to change a record in named.conf for the object of wrath to become another object of wrath.

SCO has several choices, such as take sco.com out of the DNS, so the suits can go drink beer and watch Superbowl. Or the article says, they could point sco.com at someone they don't like. As the article says: "SCO execs cackle demonically at the prospect of slashdotting Slashdot".

There's more of the entertaining read, here.

Alternatively, SCO, point it our way. Our advertisers would be delighted. It would make a good story, and we'd be running around like headless chickens instead of you lot... µ

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