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On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:03:20 -0000, Paul Vixie said: > [email protected] writes: > > > One could argue that the "botnets for rent" business model is in more > > widespread use than either EC2 or gridserver... > > > > I'm unclear whether that statement needs a smiley or not... > > i'd say that since EC2 won't be shut down when it's found out about, that > you need a smiley. "widespread use" is too narrow a term. none of us > expects white-hat e-commerce business to move into rented botnets, and Umm.. Paul? Take a reality check here - nobody actually *cares* where white-hat services come from. Which is bigger, the RBN or EC2's yearly revenues? > rented botnets aren't all going to be in the same address space or ASN. Hey - it ain't much of a "cloud" if it's all in one ASN. :) Attachment:
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