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From: "B.K. DeLong" <bkdelong () pobox com>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:55:40 -0400
Windows Update = Skype DDOS seems too good to be true.... Why did this not happen to Skype with previous Windows Updates. What changed since the last large update to make this happen? Has Skype really been getting significant enterprise penetration subject to massive reboots after a patch-management run....? Or is this just the automatic "download, install and reboot" XP does so well? Something seems hinky. On 8/21/07, dan () geer org <dan () geer org> wrote:
Everyone probably saw the two items I'm mentioning, but if Windows Update == a DDoS against Skype, then you've just proven the monoculture conjecture. Similarly, if you can slow down the entire Internet with a 9mm, then you've just proven the fragility conjecture.
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