Fwd: Re: Digital Island sponsors DoS attempt?

Fri Oct 26 01:25:59 UTC 2001

On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, JC Dill wrote:

> 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.

Maybe, but I think your reaching.. :)

> 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?

That I agree with. I expect its a mistake on their end and they will fix
it. It wouldn't be very scalable to scan every network hundreds of times
and hour.

andy

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