"It's like ten-thousand pings, when all you need is a site"

[denny]

Microsoft are now using a Linux-based DNS service to reduce the potential impact of DDoS attacks on their network.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_nicolai_/]

I noticed this reported some days ago, and immediately thought "hahaha, they're relying on Linux now". It helps that I know people who worked or work at Akamai.
(Akamai is neat stuff, really neat stuff. I wanted go to work for them, but having seen how they treated their staff when layoffs came, I'm not so unhappy I didn't get to)

[swiftangel.livejournal.com]

Although they are currently expanding again... thanks in large part to a hefty contract with MicroSoft. :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_nicolai_/]

... and I know unemployed people in Boston who won't work for them even though Akamai offered them jobs, because of how Akamai treated the previous employees they laid off.

[swiftangel.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm not disagreeing that they're a bunch of bastards who treat employees poorly. I know far too many of them to think they're even approaching sweetness and light status. I very nearly worked on the administrative end of things there, but was not terribly impressed with who/what I would have had to work with.

I do hope the market is picking up enough for the people you know to find work soon. It's difficult to predict what will happen with the IT industry.

I just find the Akamai/MS team-up amusing...