Fwd: Re: Digital Island sponsors DoS attempt?

Fri Oct 26 02:14:15 UTC 2001

On 08:10 PM 10/25/2001 -0500, Andy Walden wrote:
 >On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, JC Dill wrote:
 >
 >>
 >> <cue twilight zone music>
 >>
 >> This is the story of a network who didn't learn the lesson of above.net vs
 >> orbs.
 >>
 >> </music>
 >
 >I may not have the whole story, but I don't believe above.net had much to
 >do with the demise of ORBS. Some in country lawsuit did.

Above.net's blocking of ORBS led to fewer and fewer networks using ORBS and 
IMHO it contributed to the weakness that allowed the lawsuit to happen and 
thrive.  If ORBS had been a stronger service with more users, they might 
have done things differently before or during the lawsuit.

What happens to Digital Island if networks (especially large networks) 
start blocking them because they won't stop repeatedly scanning when 
asked?  Can it do them *any* good?

jc