Re: SMTP in distributed DOS

[petervd]

On Thu, Mar 02, 2000 at 08:03:04AM -0600, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 02, 2000 at 02:53:41PM +0100,
>   [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > 
> > You're missing a point: the message is sent with a couple of 100 recipients.
> > All these recipients will bounce the message - separately. There's your
> > amplification :)
> 
> This is a gain if you are sending the original message through a small pipe
> to a mail server that has better connectivity and will relay for you.

Which is my point :)

Greetz, Peter.
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Peter van Dijk - student/sysadmin/ircoper/madly in love/pretending coder 
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