Fwd: Re: Digital Island sponsors DoS attempt?
James Thomason
james at divide.org
Fri Oct 26 02:50:08 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.
>
> 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?
>
I would assume they might develop a better probing methodology that is
harder to detect or block.
Is it really productive to deem the packets of others "dirty" when you
willingly participate in a public-access medium? Are the probes creating
more overhead than an ACL?
Or is someone just pissed because they have their pager linked to
tail -f ids.log?
> jc
>
>
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