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Re: Re: Can A Web Site Be Reliably Defended Against DoS Attack

• To: Michael Champion <mc@x...>
• Subject: Re: Re: Can A Web Site Be Reliably Defended Against DoS Attacks?
• From: jcowan@r...
• Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 11:10:57 -0500
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Michael Champion scripsit:

> The Web (or rather the TCP/IP Internet, you appear to mean from the 
> context) wasn't "fielded witlessly" it was designed to solve a problem 
> that had we ever faced, the Russian malware authors would be as 
> radioactively dead as the American male potency enhancement spammers.   

Actually, that's an urban legend: it mixes up two separate research efforts.

-- 
John Cowan  jcowan@r...  http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
O beautiful for patriot's dream that sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam undimmed by human tears!
America! America!  God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law!
        -- one of the verses not usually taught in U.S. schools

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  • Re: Re: Can A Web Site Be Reliably Defended Against DoS Attacks?
    • From: Michael Champion <mc@x...>

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