North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Fwd: Re: Digital Island sponsors DoS attempt?
On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, JC Dill wrote: > Above.net's blocking of ORBS led to fewer and fewer networks using ORBS and > IMHO it contributed to the weakness that allowed the lawsuit to happen and > thrive. If ORBS had been a stronger service with more users, they might > have done things differently before or during the lawsuit. > > What happens to Digital Island if networks (especially large networks) > start blocking them because they won't stop repeatedly scanning when > asked? Can it do them *any* good? > I would assume they might develop a better probing methodology that is harder to detect or block. Is it really productive to deem the packets of others "dirty" when you willingly participate in a public-access medium? Are the probes creating more overhead than an ACL? Or is someone just pissed because they have their pager linked to tail -f ids.log? > jc > >
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