[Coco] [Color Computer] country blocked

Sat Jul 18 06:20:29 EDT 2009

I could put forward some sort of conspiracy theory, but I'd probably get the 
wrong one.

Bruce W.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arthur Flexser" <flexser at fiu.edu>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] [Color Computer] country blocked

> Which still leaves, "what on earth for?"   What do the masters of
> those bots hope to accomplish with all these attacks?
>
> Art
>
> On 7/17/09, Roger Taylor <operator at coco3.com> wrote:
>> At 09:24 AM 7/16/2009, you wrote:
>>
>> > OK then who would be paying a Russian Hacker to try to shut a website 
>> > like
>> CoCo3.com? What on Earth for?
>> >
>>
>>  I'm not even sure who made the initial ridiculous suggestion that this 
>> was
>> the case.  Bots are attacking the site just like they attack millions of
>> other sites.  What my logs show is a constant bombardment of spam 
>> attempts
>> from IP addresses that (when looked up) resolve to Russia.  Most e-mail
>> addresses submitted for spam accounts end with .ru.  However, As I Said,
>> those could also be spoofed.  Who knows.  It doesn't matter because it's
>> beyond my control.  Somebody's gotta keep me on my toes, know don't they? 
>> :)
>>
>>
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