Researchers ping through first full 'Internet census' in 25 years

Sat Oct 13 05:53:06 UTC 2007

On 10/12/07, Steve Atkins <steve at blighty.com> wrote:
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> On Oct 12, 2007, at 5:08 PM, Mark Foster wrote:
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> > (If some random dynamic IP host on the other side of the world
> > started hitting my firewall for no apparent reason, i'd be raising
> > my eyebrows too.  Of course, these days, I have a much better idea
> > of what is genuinely threatening and what isn't.)
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> If there weren't a dynamic IP host on the other side of the world
> hitting my firewall I'd be calling my provider, 'cos I'd know my
> connection had gone down.
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Probably a good enough observation to call this thread "DOA".

-M<