---
id: 674f0332ec59564081ec8b87
title: "Dialogue 1: Scheduled Maintenance to Prevent DoS Attacks"
challengeType: 21
dashedName: dialogue-1-scheduled-maintenance-to-prevent-dos-attacks
lang: en-US
---

# --description--

Watch the video below to understand the context of the upcoming lessons.

# --assignment--

Watch the video.

# --scene--

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     "filename": "B1_6-1.mp3",
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       "text": "Hey Brian, I heard we're running some tests on the website this weekend.",
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       "text": "Sounds good. Are the other developers going to help you with the tests?",
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       "text": "Yes, they're going to run additional stress tests to ensure that we don't have any unexpected issues.",
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       "text": "Good idea. We don't want anyone getting frustrated because they can't access the site.",
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```
