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Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of lowdown-drafts-053008

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3	3	Handling this stuff is a daily part of our work and I wouldn't usually write a LowDown about but this situation was unique and the work was so conspicuous that I wanted to share it with all of you so that we can all be proud of this organization and, at the same time, conscious of the challenges we'll be facing in the future.
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5		The first occurred two weeks ago when we noticed a ~~dictionary attack being made against one of our servers. This is an attack in which a hacker attempts to guess passwords by trying a literal dictionary of possibilitie~~s. One score and in he or she gets.
	5	The first occurred two weeks ago when we noticed an excessive number of attempted logins against one of our servers. Often attacks like this happen because someone is trying to gain access to the server by guessing common passwords. One score and in he or she gets.
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7	7	We have ways of fending off those attacks so this wasn't going to succeed but the amount of attempts every second zapped the server's resources and we were experiencing what is called a DOS or "denial of service" attack. That means the person is using all the resources and nobody else can log in or do much with the sites on the server.