Security Incidents: Re: Why would someone DoS a free-lance writer?

[gabriel rosenkoetter <gr () eclipsed net>]

On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 09:17:19PM +0200, Markus Kern wrote:
> 20 byte for each RST makes 10.2 byte/sec.
> Not too much IMO.
> Though I guess you'll get more packets on a faster connection because
> the clients will try them first before bothering with the slow modem 
> users.
Yeah, the problem is actually that the client in question has been
claiming it was far faster than it actually was.

(It was originally set up when the machine its running on lived on a
1Mbit line.)

So, if you too feel like you're being DoSed by gnutella traffic,
change how fast you tell people you are. (Heck, lie your pants off
if you really feel like scamming the system!)

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       ~ g r @ eclipsed.net


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