> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 4:09 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: How many backbones here are filtering the makelovenotspam > scr eensaver site? > > > > on Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 12:55:02PM -0800, Chad Skidmore wrote: > quoting me: > > >What's the difference? Why is everyone so upset about Lycos and > > >nobody seems to be doing much of anything about the /existing > > >botnets/, which conservative estimates[1] already put at anywhere > > >from 1-3K per botnet to upwards of 1-5M hosts total[2]? > > > > Well, the primary difference is that Lycos is trying to market what > > they are doing as a "good" thing in a fairly public manner. If their > > vigilante efforts become accepted as "OK" then it further opens the > > door for others to take the next step towards making dDOS attacks ok > > as long as you feel your motivations are pure. As network operators > > we all need to make sure that we enforce our AUPs and make it known > > that breaking those AUPs is not ok just because you feel > your motives > > are pure. Most AUPs have some language that basically states that > > dDOS and simlar activities are "bad" and we will take action if you > > engage in said "bad" activities. > > My point was to Martin's question about what would happen if - god > forbid - there were large botnets under the control of spammers; a > careful reading will suggest that my major point was, duh, that there > already are large botnets under the control of spammers.
Um, not 1 million bots - in concert. -M<