Posted on 08/10/2006 1:17:34 PM PDT by SmithL
U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman's campaign Web site remained offline Thursday, and federal and state authorities were investigating why it crashed on the eve of this week's defeat in a high-profile primary.
The site, Joe2006.com, appeared to have suffered from a so-called "denial of service" attack, in which computers overwhelm a site with fake traffic so real visitors can't get through, said Richard M. Smith, an Internet security consultant in Brookline, Mass.
The Lieberman campaign denied speculation among liberal Web pundits that the centrist Democrat's Web site had simply crashed because it used a low-budget Web host unable to handle the volume.
Web hosting can cost anywhere from a few dollars a month for a personal Web site to thousands of dollars for large corporate sites.
The campaign spends about $100 to $150 a month on Web hosting services with MyHostCamp, said Dan Geary, who administers the site for the campaign. Geary said that MyHostCamp, which is owned by a friend of Geary's, gave the site more than enough bandwidth — 200 gigabytes a month — to handle a crush of visitors.
He said an analysis of the server suggested an attack that focused on specific components of the Web site such as internal files and e-mail.
But Smith said that even if there's enough capacity, as important is the amount of security it has to keep intruders out.
"There are measures that can be implemented to protect against this type of attack," Smith said. "I think they went a little cheap here. This kind of looked like a low-budget hosting service."
Geary insists security was adequate, saying MyHostCamp's servers are monitored by a larger company, Server Matrix, and administered by a major Web hosting company, The Planet.
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Where can I go to give a donation to Lieberman's campaign?
You do what you need to do, but Lieberman is still a Liberal, even if he isn't as liberal as MoveOn wants.
Those DUmmies are so funny! (not)
If this had been done by conservatives, the site would still be up but would say, "All your Senators belong to us!"
Neoliberalism is a mental disorder.
Yeah, go support Al Gores running mate. Why not support the Republican?
Donate to the Republican sacrificial lamb instead. He still needs all the help he can get.
He may be a liberal in some views but more importantly, he understands the importance of winning the WOT. Since the Republican doesn't have a chance, I'll support the one best for America rather than waste my contribution on a noble gesture.
His web site isn't functioning yet
except for a message that Lamont
ought to apologize for the hacker
activity. I've written Lieberman's
Senate office for more info on when
the site is expected to be up. But
we all know only minor staff members
read those e-mails. If he wants
contributions, he'd better get a site
up quick!
The electronic version of the tire slashing incident of 2004.
His web site isn't functioning yet
except for a message that Lamont
ought to apologize for the hacker
activity. I've written Lieberman's
Senate office for more info on when
the site is expected to be up. But
we all know only minor staff members
read those e-mails. If he wants
contributions, he'd better get a site
up quick!
What do the current laws say about this kind of an attack? It would be interesting to know in this time of terrorism. I don't think it would be looked on as a simple prank. It could be construed to be illegaly tampering with an election process.
Can't wait to find out what the investigation turns up, and who spends a little time getting to think it over on the public's dime.
I'm not close to forgiving/forgetting what he and Gore put the country through in the 2k elections.
Pity for him that he chose to live his political life in an anti-semitic party.
I'm glad he's moving to Indy rather than Republican tho, as we have enough RINOs in our ranks.
My only hope is that he'll win and vote with Republicans enough just to spite Jew-hating Democrats.
Joe's website had nothing to do with his loss.
Stick to what matters, Joe.
"The Devil you know ..."
If not even worse!
But I still plan to send him a few bucks.
I'll send a few bucks to Romanelli (Green Party) if he manages to get on the Pennsylvania ballot, too.
I gave money to Nader in 2000 (like Ben Stein did), and if it weren't for crazy ol' Ralph in 2000, we'd be in the second term of the Gore administration. President Gore would have already ceded New Jersey and Michigan to the Taliban.
It's worth $100 to me to watch two Demonrats disembowel each other. Not to mention that a decisive Lieberman win will make the pols and pundits heads spin.
"Michael Moore did it but he is blaming George W. Bush!"
Yes, but on the good side, they would not be investigating at all but for the false allegation that it was a GOP trick.
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