> Hmmm...possibly...I just wonder how "reasonable" anyone that puts this in > place will be. Vigilante tactics tend to be emotionally driven, > and emotion > and reason...well... you get the idea. > > I remember the early days of SpamCop. Lots of false positives, > and a lot of > headaches trying to get those removed. They're very good now, > but it was a > painful experience early on. I wonder if the time and effort > will be taken > to put proper controls in place...and still disagree with what I > perceive as > a misuse of bandwidth to perform an attack with this vigilante tactic. > > But I think I may just go buy more telecommunications stocks > anyway...<grin>
Well put, and good point. SpamCop started out "going too far", but they got better (?) and are now a useful AND fair tool to put to use against spammers. Perhaps this DDoS system, being in its infancy, is drawing fire now, but couldn't it also become another really good tool, and maybe even better than the current tools? I think what some of us are saying is, all good tools have to start somewhere, and maybe this one is worth some attention. If Lycos blows it, I'm sure the "self-correcting" nature of the Internet will prevail -- people will learn that the "service" is doing no good, and/or is causing harm, and will simply refrain from downloading it or turn it off/uninstall if they already have it. Maybe someone else will pick up the ball and deliver a better solution along these lines too... that's what the Internet has definitely already proven could happen. So what you might be saying is, if this service is seen by Lycos as more than just a vigilante tactic, and they keep emotions in check by using Real People with Real Data, and set out in their "mission statement" for the service that they intend to remain FAIR, then maybe you'd not take quite such a hard stance against the idea? Another hypothetical for the list, I think... And buying Telecom stocks would appear to be something to consider if this type of "service" takes off... for sure! :) To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
