At 01:36 AM 31-10-02 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It is better than not having it but we should not get our hopes up that DOS attacks would stop. Remember when 60% of the Internet mail servers were open mail relays? We all thought closing them up would stop spam. Today it is less than 1% but I would say that the amount of spam has not dropped proportionality. See:It's the difference between:A) Going out to your car at the end of a too-long day and finding a broken taillight. B) Going out to your car at the end of a too-long day and finding a broken taillight and a business card under the windshield wiper that has "Sorry - call me and I'll pay for it" written on the back.
http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2002/1014buzz.html
for reference.
-Hank
