On Jun 18, 2010, at 7:21 PM, Martin Rex wrote: > EVERY server is trivially susceptible to DoS attacks. > That is no such thing as a server that is not.
Not so interested in getting into a pedantic argument on DoS susceptibility. > What you described is a client with a pretty selfish attitude > that doesn't care about network, servers and the other clients > put into code. Well, no. What I described was my understanding of a proposal to facilitate transition that comes with some benefits and some costs. If nothing else, given the truly inspirational amount of crap on the Internet, I find it a bit difficult to get worked up about a few additional packets at communication initiation that are actually beneficial. > The concept works only as long as very few individuals try to > get an unfair advantage over the rest. But it definitely is > doomed if EVERYONE, or even a larger number of people would > practice this. We seem to be talking about different things. Regards, -drc _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
