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Can someone explain the Ben Laurie quote? I know what Sudoku is, and I know what a DOS attack is. I don't see the connection between the two.


Sudoku has a human using their mind to solve things which don't need to be solved. A denial of service attack leaves a computer trying to handle things which don't need to be handled. So they have something trying to deal with things that don't need to be dealt with.


Thank you.




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