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I've had a fair number of press people contact me about this. I think the issue is: github isn't a consumer service, and the attack is novel enough, that expla
by rdl 12y ago
I've had a fair number of press people contact me about this. I think the issue is: github isn't a consumer service, and the attack is novel enough, that explaining it requires explaining several things at the same time. Adding In the gfw/China aspect makes it even more confusing.
This is the kind of story where a tech individual should probably do a compressive blog post which gets syndicated, rather than relying on journalists. I can understand why no one at Baidu, GitHub, or Fastly is doing this, though.
- joelx 12y agoHow many of us run websites that we can publidh this story ourselves on? http://www.blog.joelx.com/ddos-attack-on-github-could-be-act-of-war/10328/ http://www.blog.joelx.com/ddos-attack-on-github-could-be-act...
- brudgers 12y agoThe mainstream press also has an interest in operating on the ground in China. Promoting the attack on Github as newsworthy has some potential for making that work on the ground more difficult or impossible. It's as simple as a business decision that reflects the greater profit tweets about presidential contenders as the subject of journalism.