Michael is the name of the firewall, or security computer, at the Vatican website. (They also have servers named Gabriel and Raphael. I think I detect a theme here.) According to a report from Catholic World News, it’s been busy lately:<\/p>\n
\n Islamic computer hackers tried to disrupt the Vatican web site earlier this week, but failed, according to a report in the ANSA news service.<\/p>\n
In an online forum for militant Muslims, a group announced plans for an assault on the Vatican computer network, which was said to be a form of retribution for Pope Benedict’s criticism of Islam in his Regensburg speech. Police later confirmed that there had been a concerted effort by hackers to penetrate the Vatican site, but computer-security experts were able to detect and repel the attack.<\/p>\n
Vatican security personnel are remaining vigilant in case of another effort by the hackers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
On second thought, maybe the vanquisher was St. Michael the Archangel after all.<\/p>\n
There is a legend that the Sister running the Vatican website collapsed after Mass one day. When she revive, she related a vision of Satan through his minions attacking the servers hosting the Vatican website. Following the vision she wrote this prayer.<\/p>\n
Saint Michael the Archangel,
\ndefend us against Denial of Service attacks.
\nBe our protection against the bots and packets of black hats.
\nMay thy firewall rebuke them, we humbly pray;
\nand do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Hosting Provider-
\nby the Divine Power of God –
\ncast into digital hell, distributed attacks and all buffer overflows,
\nwhose packets roam throughout the network seeking the downing of sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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