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> -----Original Message----- > From: Florian Weimer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 2:01 PM > To: Brett > Cc: Hannigan, Martin; nanog list > Subject: Re: How many backbones here are filtering the makelovenotspam > scr eensaver site? > > > > I think Lycos did not think this through enough. Their response is > > HUGE. They've essentially launched a Denial of Service on > themselves. > > The site that is being blackholed isn't on their network, AFAICS. > > Actually, I think this is an ingenious PR campaign, but it probably > doesn't work the way it was conceived, though I blieve that the net > outcome for Lycos will be utterly positive. Possibly. What will happen if the Lycos botnet gets hijacked? The conversations between the clients and the servers don't appear to be keyed. If a million clients got owned, it would be the equivalent of an electronic Bubonic Plague with no antidote. -M<
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