[LINK] RFI: Census Site Implosion

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Thought I would try again. Home page just gave me:

>
>     The Census website is unavailable
>
> We apologise for the inconvenience. There will be no fines for
> completing the Census after August 9. We will keep you updated.
>

If you disregard the message and try to carry on, you get this:

>
> Log in to your 2016 Census
>
> * Thank you for participating in the Census. The system is very busy
> at the moment. Please wait for 15 minutes before trying again. Your
> patience and cooperation are appreciated. [code 9]

M

On 10/08/16 10:14, Michael wrote:
> I think the "hackers" claim is weak sauce indeed.
> They expected 500k responses an hour, engineered a system to handle up to
> 1m, then asked the 15m online respondents to complete the form on one night.
> They Denial of Serviced themselves.
> ABS spokesperson talking about capacity yesterday source:
> http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/census-meltdown-rubbish-says-abs-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-census-2016-20160808-gqo1jv.html
>
> Regards,
> Michael Skeggs
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