On 14 May 2001, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
> Chen Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > And next time, do coordinate such activity with the actcom people, you could
> > have DOSed their network.
>
> Question #1: Don't we distinguish between DOS and Slashdot effect?
this wasn't a normal slashdot post. it was an intended test.
> Question #2: Is everybody who posts a link on /. or another
> DOS-capable service/newsgroup/mailing list supposed to find out who
> hosts the URL in question and contact them in advance?
not everybody places a file on their server and then posts a message to
slashdot. :0
> Imagine a clause in an ISP's user agreement:
>
> "We Provider will host the User's home page. The User warrants and
> guarantees that his or her home page will not be interesting enough
> to attract more than N hits a day. Violation of this provision will
> be a cause for termination of service."
no, but there's a clause regarding ammount of traffic under the
contract... and since we got this service for free, we should try not to
abuse it.
--
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