ratios

Wed May 8 00:45:33 UTC 2002

SG> Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 17:28:40 -0700 (PDT)
SG> From: Scott Granados

SG> Someone in this case could create false traffic either pull
SG> or push probably most likely pull and meet the ratio but

It almost encourages those with eyeballs to spam, no?  Maybe
that's how [names deleted] meet their ratios... adjust how
quickly they sign up and kick spammers. ;-)

SG> cause drastic amounts of  useless traffic to be carried on
SG> the backbone.  This does create far worse problems.  I'd
SG> assume such a method could be determined if not done properly

You mean, like someone binding many IPs across geographically
diverse locations and replaying cache traces?  (Pretty sick when
interconnects are reduced to the same level as people cheating
those make-money-with-each-site-you-visit programs...)

SG> but still it seems that these policies whether relating to ip
SG> allocation or ratio of traffic leads to more harm than good.

Yup.

--
Eddy

Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division
Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita/(Inter)national
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