cant access website

[katharine]

I also cant get on the website www.xanga.com and its the
only website not working. i looked in HOSTS to find any
xanga entries and none were to be found. is there
anything else that i can do?

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi Katharine - you might check also whether it's on your Restricted
Sites list and/or try putting it on your Trusted Sites lists.

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Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
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In [email protected], katharine typed:

 

[Nancy Bowerman]

I was curious and checked the website. They have posted the following
message:
Xanga News
Tuesday, July 01, 2003

DENIAL OF SERVICE UPDATE

We are undergoing a massive and ongoing DDOS attack.

The attack has subsided, ever since we got our upstream bandwidth
provider to filter out the attack. But it seems like their filter is
preventing some users from accessing the site. more from John

6:23 PM


Hope this helps (and is easier than other suggestions ;-)