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Google Error

Posted: 2004-07-26 12:08pm
by Beowulf
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?

Posted: 2004-07-26 12:12pm
by Dartzap
theres nothing wrong with .co.uk...

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

perhaps its at your end?

Posted: 2004-07-26 12:15pm
by General Zod
it works fine for me. what were you trying to look up?

Posted: 2004-07-26 12:15pm
by Rye
You should google what a 503 error is. :)

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

Posted: 2004-07-26 12:28pm
by Dartzap
503 means the server is too busy

Posted: 2004-07-26 02:09pm
by Datana
This Slashdot story should explain the situation nicely. It's yet another worm going around, this time attacking Google.

Posted: 2004-07-26 02:21pm
by Beowulf
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 /.

Posted: 2004-07-26 02:44pm
by Datana
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.