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Kind of? sounds almost like a DOS attack to me...

Well, that's why the IP is blocked -- it looks like a DoS attack to the server software as well. Are there different terms for intentional DoS attacks, as opposed to incidental ones like this? I have the impression that two separate terms might have made your meaning clearer. :)

Maliciousness has limits; stupidity has none. Paraphrasing Napoleon

Are there different terms for intentional DoS attacks, as opposed to incidental ones like this?

Denial Of Service Slip-up? ;)

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