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To: Richard Miller who wrote (16102)3/2/1999 1:23:00 PM
From: ACS_101  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 122087
 
Any program that calls a webserver in a tight loop can saturate it and bring the website to its knees if overused by enough people.

Taken to extremes, that same technique can be used by hackers to bring websites down.

Alan