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Old 03-14-10, 04:56 PM   #131
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Originally Posted by John Channing View Post
Again... just so I understand the logic of your analogy.


- The Ubisoft servers work fine.

- Because the Ubisoft servers are working fine you can play SH 5

- The hackers run a DOS attack on the servers

- Because the hackers run a DOS attack on the Ubisoft servers you cannot play SH 5

- It's Ubisoft's fault


Have I pretty well got it?

JCC

Fixed it for you:

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Originally Posted by John Channing View Post
Again... just so I understand the logic of your analogy.


- The Ubisoft servers work fine, but they are not DDOS-hardened.

- Because the Ubisoft servers are working fine you can play SH 5

- The hackers run a DOS attack on the servers, as expected part of being online

- Because the hackers run a DOS attack on the Ubisoft servers you cannot play SH 5

- It's Ubisoft's fault because they didn't harden against expected and typical attacks

- Kind of like the bank keeping your money in a mattress in a back room.


Have I pretty well got it?

JCC
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