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		steveklabnik on Nov 4, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: "The web is considered 'public domain'" There are also penalties for most other things /b/ does, but that doesn't stop them... they _are_ DDOS-ing a government office right now, after all.

RickHull on Nov 5, 2010 [–]

My guess is, they will verify the identification information on the application before sending a volley of requests at a single target.

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