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Oracle broke with tradition with the publication of an unscheduled security update last weekend. The fix – which addresses a DoS vulnerability in its Apache web server software – represents only the fifth time that Oracle has published a security fix outside the quarterly patch update batch it began at the start of 2005, net …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    It's a good old simple DoS not DDoS

    OMG AKA WTF!

    Get you TLA's and FLA's in order!!!!!!!!!

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    1. Tom 38
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      Joke

      In journo-talk, you simply add another 'D' if its really really bad.

      DoS == Bad vulnerability

      DDoS == Double bad vulnerability

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    shouldn't that have said 'forwarded' or 'relayed'

    I belive Apache et al did all of the rushing.

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  3. Mick Russom

    Are they charging for this too?

    Are the oracle-scum charging for this as usual, got to buy a MOS account and pay the fine for this criminal negligence?

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