Burma’s Denial of Service, Democracy
As Burma approaches its first election in 20 years, a “distributed denial of service” attack has paralyzed Internet use within the dictator-ed country, knocking Burmese citizens from online communication in what analysts believe is an attempt by the ruling military dictatorship to restrict the flow of information in the country. The “distributed denial of service” attack is just a fancy way of saying that many computers were programmed to very rapidly visit certain web sites, overwhelming the national network with millions of automatic web page requests. The last election seen in Burma was in 1990 when democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi won a landslide victory… which was then ignored by the ruling military dictatorship. —JCL ’ The BBC: ed An ongoing computer attack has knocked Burma off the internet, just days ahead of its first election in 20 years. The attack started in late October but has grown in the last few days to overwhelm the nation’s link to the net, said security firm Arbor Networks. Reports from Burma say the disruption is ongoing. Read more Related Entries November 3, 2010 The Tea Party and the Midterms November 3, 2010 Federal Reserve Finds $600 Billion in the Couch
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Burma’s Denial of Service, Democracy
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