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Submission + - Canonical facing Distributed Denial of Service Attack against its web infrastruc (phoronix.com)

devphaeton writes: Unfortunately, Ubuntu is once again facing a distributed denial of service "DDoS" attack against its web infrastructure. This isn't the first time they have experienced this issue and Canonical's IT team is currently working to mitigate the attack.

Those trying to access the Ubuntu website, ISO downloads, and similar Ubuntu resources today are finding the site inoperable amid what's now confirmed as an ongoing distributed denial of service attack.

Comment Re:when is it ever smart to trust end-users? (Score 1) 105

Apple could alleviate this problem by allowing an iOS user to download software from an approved developer. That's what they do for the Mac.

Since a phone usually has more personal information on it, they could warn the users that downloading from anywhere else other than the App Store avoids the warranty of their device, since there is a good possibility that malware was installed thereupon. That way if somebody wants to download directly from any software developer, they could do so, but at the risk of forfeiting the warranty that Apple gives on their devices.

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