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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: GRC rides again...
I doubt it. In fact, a clever hacker could figure out who has paid for what qos, and use it to give attacking traffic high priority. It adds another variable; it doesn't present a solution. On 7/2/2001 at 07:15:08 -0700, Roeland Meyer said: > > Yes, but my first question was wrt QoS. Would it do any good? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Roland Dobbins [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 7:12 AM > > To: Roeland Meyer > > Cc: 'David Howe'; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: GRC rides again... > > > > > > > > Implementing fully-compliant sockets in XP is -not- a security issue. > > > > There're LOTS of things wrong with the way Microsoft do > > things, but this > > simply isn't one of them. It's just amazing to me how credulous the > > public are when harangued by such an obvious snake-oil salesman. > > > > Steve Gibson, a hero in his own mind. > > > > Roeland Meyer wrote: > > > > >>From: David Howe [mailto:[email protected]] > > >>Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 2:48 AM > > >> > > >>... With yet another "update" to the DDos pages. > > >>http://grc.com/dos/intro.htm > > >>and I quote: > > >> > > > > > >>>Unfortunately, today we see only the operation of blind > > >>> > > >>self-interest from > > >> > > >>>Microsoft and the Internet's ISP's > > >>> > > >>As I seem to recall several members of this list offered him > > >>help (and were rebuffed) perhaps they > > >>would like to comment? He seems increasingly lost in > > >>a fantasy world where everyone is out to get him.... > > >> > > > > > > The question I have is, would QoS would do any good here? > > > > > > Other then that, he seems to be on a rant here. As much as > > I hate to say it, > > > I almost agree with MSFT here. That said, Novell stated, > > decades ago, that > > > MSFT never could understand network security. At the time, > > I agreed with > > > Novell. Current observation is, that MSFT has yet to learn. > > Considering > > > MSFT's workstation market-share, that is a problem for all of us. > > > > > > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Roland Dobbins <[email protected]> // 408.859.4137 voice > > > -- Dave Israel Senior Manager, IP Backbone Intermedia Business Internet
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