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Posted on ZDNet News: May 8, 2005 5:20:00 PM

Google's Web site was inaccessible for a brief time Saturday and some visitors reported being rerouted to another site, leading some to believe that the search giant had been hacked.

The site was down from 3:45 to 4 p.m. PDT, Google spokesman David Krane told the Associated Press.

"It was not a hacking or a security issue," Krane told the AP. He said the problem was related to the Domain Name System, or DNS, which matches one's Internet Protocol address to the Web site that the user wants to visit. If the DNS system goes down, Web pages requested usually do not appear or take a long time to load.

"Google's global properties were unavailable for a short period of time," Krane told the AP. "We've remedied the problem and access to Google has been restored worldwide."

Rumors that the site was hacked began when visitors were reportedly rerouted to SoGoSearch.com.

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I use both Lovey
'98, 2k, XP, Suse, I use all of these. I was just pointing out that the problem was apparently miniscule if it only took 15 min to fix. And that it didn't appear to be a Linux problem, and that the possibility that it would have also affected any WIN OS was equal. No biggy.... (Read the rest)
Posted by: Spoon Jabber Posted on: 05/09/05 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Google experiences brief outage  Loverock Davidson | 05/08/05
Google experiences brief outage  bsuch | 05/08/05
I agree.  sys_engineer | 05/08/05
Agree that I'm right? happy (NT)  Loverock Davidson | 05/08/05
I..  Jeff Spicoli | 05/09/05
*GASP!!* :-P (NT)  Loverock Davidson | 05/09/05
BWAHAHAHA!!!  Jeff Spicoli | 05/09/05
Well, he is very clever sometimes.  DonnieBoy | 05/08/05
Hah  Loverock Davidson | 05/08/05
Well, you dig make a complete *** out of yourself here.  DonnieBoy | 05/08/05
Just like you do every day  Loverock Davidson | 05/08/05
Only one thing you said could have anything to do with Linux.  DonnieBoy | 05/09/05
Wow, 15 minutes!  Spoon Jabber | 05/09/05
Only one thing you said could have anything to do with Linux.  Loverock Davidson | 05/09/05
Wow, 15 minutes!  Loverock Davidson | 05/09/05
moron  linuxoverwindows | 05/09/05
I use both Lovey  Spoon Jabber | 05/09/05
Google experiences brief outage  Loverock Davidson | 05/08/05
I think anybody would agree what you said was pretty stupid.  DonnieBoy | 05/08/05
Nothing stupid about it  Loverock Davidson | 05/08/05
Yes, and those facts have nothing to do with Linux.  DonnieBoy | 05/09/05
he is a troll  linuxoverwindows | 05/09/05
I think anybody would agree what you said was pretty stupid  bsuch | 05/09/05
oh, crap  linuxoverwindows | 05/09/05
What foul ups? Really nothing compared to the problems that Microsoft has.  DonnieBoy | 05/08/05
What foul ups?  Loverock Davidson | 05/08/05
It is clear to me.  sys_engineer | 05/08/05
Its clear to me too  Loverock Davidson | 05/08/05
What does it have to do with the O/S?  sys_engineer | 05/09/05
Everything to do with the OS  Loverock Davidson | 05/09/05
Yes, there are privace concerns, but nothing to to with Linux.  DonnieBoy | 05/08/05
Ah hah  Loverock Davidson | 05/08/05
Again, these privacy issues have nothing to do with Linux.  DonnieBoy | 05/09/05
google went down?  linuxoverwindows | 05/09/05
Arguments?  tty0 | 05/08/05
Oh boy, here we go  Loverock Davidson | 05/08/05
Alright then...  tty0 | 05/09/05
We're using Linux in production.  sys_engineer | 05/09/05
he has no idea what you just said...  linuxoverwindows | 05/09/05
no doubt  linuxoverwindows | 05/09/05
Come on, guys!  Hugh Jass | 05/08/05
agree  Jeff Spicoli | 05/09/05
lol  linuxoverwindows | 05/09/05
RE: Google experiences brief outage  bobjones68@... | 05/09/05
blah blah blah  linuxoverwindows | 05/09/05
Oh my gosh Google is human.  jimk_z | 05/09/05
ok  linuxoverwindows | 05/09/05
NOTHING is impervious to Uncle Billy and his hordes of Microcash!  Jeff Spicoli | 05/09/05
Google  rfr88@... | 05/09/05
accelerator  linuxoverwindows | 05/09/05

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