Issues with TaxDayTeaParty.com - Explanation
Posted: 29 Mar 2009 06:44 PM PDT
An international effort to shut down the TaxDayTeaParty.com website has been detected by our technical staff. Internet experts commonly call this type of attack a Denial of Service (DOS) attack. Corrective measures are being implemented, and the site should be fully accessible again within 48 hours.
Unfortunately, these DOS attacks are very difficult to trace. In this case, the attacks have come from both domestic and international sources. All we know for certain at this point is that a group of people want to stop this movement. We will not allow this to happen. This citizens’ movement will not be stopped.We will be issuing an official press release on this issue on Monday, March 30th.UPDATE: We believe we’ve been able to find a solid solution to the problem. As we understand it, the DOS attack occurred last Thursday and Friday. Because of the heaviness of the attack, we had to limit IP’s allowed to access the site. This limit in and of itself is why there were so many issues accessing the site over the weekend.
Everything should be getting back to normal today.
Posted by: FreedomRanger | Friday, 03 April 2009 at 11:22 AM
Posted by: FreedomRanger | Friday, 03 April 2009 at 11:25 AM