Google Error

Post by **Beowulf** » 2004-07-26 12:08pm

Odd... I try doing a search, and google gives me a 503 server error, saying the service requested is unavailable at this time.

Any one else having a problem?

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2004-07-26 12:12pm

theres nothing wrong with .co.uk...

i just checked .com, nothing wrong there, shall i go and check .de?

perhaps its at your end?

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-07-26 12:15pm

it works fine for me. what were you trying to look up?

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-07-26 12:15pm

You should google what a 503 error is.

Do other search engines work? Google works fine at this end, the .com version that is.

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2004-07-26 12:28pm

503 means the server is too busy

Datana · Post by **Datana** » 2004-07-26 02:09pm

This Slashdot story should explain the situation nicely. It's yet another worm going around, this time attacking Google.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2004-07-26 02:21pm

Datana wrote:This Slashdot story should explain the situation nicely. It's yet another worm going around, this time attacking Google.

It might, except that my work blocked /.

Datana · Post by **Datana** » 2004-07-26 02:44pm

Beowulf wrote:
Datana wrote:This Slashdot story should explain the situation nicely. It's yet another worm going around, this time attacking Google.
It might, except that my work blocked /.

Try the SANS advisory that the story references instead. It's kind of bogged down at the moment due to a Slashdotting, so it might take a few tries (which is why I posted the /. story instead -- less congestion).

UPDATE: Here is a CNN story in the issue.