Re: Fwd: Re: Digital Island sponsors DoS attempt?

[James Thomason <james () divide org>]

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