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On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, John Fraizer wrote: > Finally someone has found a POSITIVE use of DDoS scripts! > > I agree. DOWN WITH ALL IRC NETWORKS! I can't help but think of that quote "Guns don't kill people, people kill people". If you think IRC makes DOS attacks, you need to check do some serious thinking. Consistantly, attacks have been launched against IRC servers and then later used to attack other entities. But, there is a whole class of network operator out there that would rather just say "Down with IRC" then deal with the actual issues of these attacks. A whole lot of information about the nature of these attacks could be gained if the attacks against the IRC servers were analysed, but alas, everyone seems to just think that if IRC servers go away, DOS attacks will. When they move on to hitting web servers with content they don't like, or mail servers of people they don't like, and one of those happens to be your, we'll see what you have to say. Jason -- Jason Slagle - CCNP - CCDP Network Administrator - Toledo Internet Access - Toledo Ohio - [email protected] - [email protected] - WHOIS JS10172 /"\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign . Interim Team Lead - . Admin - X - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail . Coders . wombat.dal.net / \ - NO Word docs in e-mail . Team Lead - Exploits . DALnet IRC Network
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