You've got a point, if the botnet is truly third party, but if it is my honeypots, or those of subscribers who are managed by my service and give consent?
>-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of der Mouse >Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 11:46 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [funsec] Mutually Assured DDoS > >> And I disagree that offense, especially as a counterpunch, is >> something that is off-limit to respectable actors. If I can detect >> and own a botnet that is attacking me, and reverse it on its herders, >> I think that is a highly respectable thing to do. > >I disagree. Botnets are always (to a first and probably even second >approximation) made up of machines belonging to arm's-length third >parties, and you have no more right to abuse them for your ends than >those abusing them to attack you do. > >/~\ The ASCII Mouse >\ / Ribbon Campaign > X Against HTML [email protected] >/ \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B >_______________________________________________ >Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. >https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec >Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
