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		VA3FXP on June 28, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Goodbye Mozilla I've upvoted you, but this has bugged me for awhile. While I understand that we should be calling it a DDOS, it isn't an 'attack'; so that seems a little severe. Can't we just go back to calling it 'slashdotted'? =)

spraak on June 28, 2017 | [–]

'Hug of death' isn't saying it's an attack/DDOS. It's equivalent to your suggestion of 'slashdotted' but probably a much more frequently used and relevant term.

sp332 on June 28, 2017 | [–]

I'm pretty sure the "hug" part means it's not an attack.

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