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On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 07:55:22AM -0700, Michael Dillon wrote: > On Sat, 22 Aug 1998, Dave Rand wrote: > > > All I can say is that if settlements are based on who is receiving > > the traffic, there will be huge increase in the amount of money > > that networks pay to attract everyone's favortive smurf target, > > the IRC servers. A 2-day-long 100 Mbps smurf will be _encouraged_ :-) > > The peer whose network the SMURF originates in will trace that back to the > source so fast you'll smell the rubber burning. DoS based on large numbers > of packets will be a thing of the past. > > -- > Michael Dillon - Internet & ISP Consulting > Memra Communications Inc. - E-mail: [email protected] Hahahahahahhahahahahaha.... Those attacks hurt providers who are used as sources (or amplifiers) RIGHT NOW, by saturating links that would otherwise be relatively idle! They still DO NOTHING! -- -- Karl Denninger ([email protected])| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly / All Lines K56Flex/DOV | NEW! Corporate ISDN Prices dropped by up to 50%! Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost
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