Or it is true, and you can add "improving robustness and security" to
the list of improvements that have to be made.

On 5/27/05, John A Brown <xxxxxx@jefferson.edu> wrote:
> Smoke and Mirrors!
>
> Nothing more than smoke and mirrors to hide the fact that there product
> needs major improvements.
>
> John Brown
>
> Sheryl Trexler wrote:
>
> >Given the recent discussions of problems with grants.gov, this was in
> >the Federal Register today and I thought it might be of interest.
> >
> >
> >On Tuesday, May 17, 2005, the Grants.gov website was the target of
> >a ``denial of service attack.'' Over the next 35 hours that the attack
> >was underway, Grants.gov experienced a significant degradation in
> >performance. The processing capacity degraded by this attack, coupled
> >with a high volume of application submissions, rendered the Grants.gov
> >website almost inaccessible during certain times between Tuesday, May
> >17, 2005 and Thursday, May 19, 2005. Information regarding the attack
> >can be obtained at
> >http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/denial_of_service.html#1
> >
> >
> >
> >Sheryl Trexler
> >Funding Information Officer
> >Office for Research & Sponsored Projects Admin.
> >Arizona State University
> >
> >xxxxxx@asu.edu
> >
> >
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