Open source advocates retaliate against SCO with DoS attack
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
The Web site of embattled software maker The SCO Group Inc. was inaccessible again on Tuesday, fueling reports of another denial of service attack. SCO's main Web site, www.sco.com, was off-line between 4 a.m. GMT and 2 p.m. GMT, according to the Internet monitoring company Netcraft Ltd.
The Lindon, Utah software company has been the target of animosity within the open source community after it sued IBM Corp. for, among other things, misappropriation of SCO's Unix source code for the Linux operating system.
The suit has fanned the flames of passion within the open source software community because it threatens to undermine the growing popularity of Linux, casting doubt on the legal status of the operating system.
The weekend DoS attack followed a similar DoS attack in May and was probably launched by individuals within the open source community, according to Eric Raymond, president of Open Source Initiative.