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.

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Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/
ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.

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