BPremium,MVM
join:2000-10-28 | Not the Brightest Guy?
I dunno -- for one thing there doesn't seem to be ANYTHING distributed about this "DDoS" tool -- it sounds as if each user has to specifically enter the URL he or she wishes to visit repeatedly.
So it's nothing more than a web page reloader? Where's the novelty in that?
The author writes at a decent grade level, but has nothing to say, and seems a bit naive:
Some say tools like the one I've written will overload the Internet. If it does, then it'll force ISP's to take real measures against spammers such as blocking port 25 access to outside networks by default.
If this is done, spam spewing software will have a hard time communicating without being quickly traced.
AT&T Worldnet has done this. I have yet to receive a spam form a Worldnet customer. Other measures ISP's can take include encouraging the use of more secure operating systems such as Linux, MacOS, and BSD (Maybe by offering a small discount to these users). Where has he been for the last 5 years? It's become hard to find a major ISP that DOESN'T block Port 25 outbound for residential accounts.
Not to mention that web page reloads aren't going to overtake the Internet any time soon when they have to compete with P2P traffic and real spam.
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| The biggest offender is comcast. They barely do anything to solve the problem. Just selectively wipe out 25 across the node/head end. Useless wipe the port out across the whole network not just one node/head end.
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