Well that was interesting...taking down many of the most popular and heavily read blogs.
Hosting Matters sez:
"Beginning at or around 1750 Eastern Oct. 16, we experienced a denial of service attack directed at our network. This was confirmed by the security team at the NOC with a peak inbound at 150 Mps, moving to 85 Mps as they continued to block the attack. This attack is on an order that requires our upstream to do the bulk of the work, as it not something that can be easily dealt with at our level. "
UPDATE: Dean Esmay posted:
"Just got an email from Michele Catalano, telling me that the attack was aimed at one site. It appears to be a pro-Israeli site, commenting on and reporting on activities in the middle east
Well. Now what do you know about that?"
UPDATE II: LGF's readers provide commentary on the DOS...The Fiery Celt composed a little ditty to while away the time: "Loggin' onto Nothin'"