Re: [mnet-devel] DOS in DHTs (fwd from amichrisde@yahoo.de)

2003-10-24 Thread Steve Furlong
On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 00:43, Morlock Elloi wrote: > There are precedents. In Franko's Spain, all typewriters had to be registered > with the state, and all had serial numbers. It was illegal and punishable to > possess one without license. What does that have to do with anything? We're talking abo

Re: [mnet-devel] DOS in DHTs (fwd from amichrisde@yahoo.de)

2003-10-22 Thread Dave Emery
On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 04:47:02PM -0700, Steve Schear wrote: > > I think the U.S. Constitution will stand in the way of widespread adoption > of NDLs. They may have regulated firearms, though these laws are widely > ignored by citizens, but I have yet to see a license for owning a > typewrite

Re: [mnet-devel] DOS in DHTs (fwd from amichrisde@yahoo.de)

2003-10-22 Thread Steve Schear
At 03:21 PM 10/20/2003 -0700, Morlock Elloi wrote: Looks like the only way to shield from DOS is to raise the cost of DOS. This will eventually eliminate the low cost of Internet bandwidth, one way or another. You don't get nearly the same amount of DOS on your telephone as you do on Internet, righ

Re: [mnet-devel] DOS in DHTs (fwd from amichrisde@yahoo.de)

2003-10-20 Thread Morlock Elloi
Looks like the only way to shield from DOS is to raise the cost of DOS. This will eventually eliminate the low cost of Internet bandwidth, one way or another. You don't get nearly the same amount of DOS on your telephone as you do on Internet, right ? Because telephone call is not free and/or it's