08-25-2008, 12:23 AM
Quote:Those in the know have been using the trick for years, but a hacker who goes by the handle Oxy recently made this post that shares the technique with the world at large. It reminds us of a similar approach for accessing restricted sites that involves changing a browser's user agent to one used by search engine bots.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/22/...ted_sites/
Great job sir. I just found out that was part of the reason the site went down today. It wasn't a DDOS...it was just a LOT of traffic. :)
That's a front page news story btw.