On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 04:23:52PM -0700, Tracy R Reed wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 12:09:40AM +0100, Toad spake thusly: > > Wrong. Total bullshit. A 12 year old kiddie can DoS an address IF HE HAS > > OR CAN ACQUIRE MORE BANDWIDTH THAN THE TARGET. Otherwise the internet > > would have been completely destroyed aeons ago. > > I think you are coming on just a bit too strong here. And who couldn't > take over a few dozen windows boxes and acquire more aggregate bandwidth > than the target if they really wanted to? It is largely due to the fact > that most people aren't interested in doing these things that the Internet > wasn't destroyed aeons ago.
That would be illegal. As would any other attack. But if it is a 'victimless crime' perpetrated by a copyright holder against Freenet, it might be overlooked, especially if some stupid law passes. -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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