Further to the denial of service today I have been contacted by Highwire. They have restored access to www.bmj.com from 195.99.125.202, but are monitoring it.
The problem seems to have arisen because someone somewhere in the NHS is using an offline reader which has been configured to repeatedly request pages from www.bmj.com
I have asked NHSnet security for their views and will pass on anything they say.
--Ben
Ben Toth
Information and Knowledge Specialist
NHS Information Authority
Birmingham
http://www.nelh.nhs.uk
tel 07775 993168
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