Re: Mutually Assured DDoS

[der Mouse <mouse () rodents-montreal org>]

> And I disagree that offense, especially as a counterpunch, is
> something that is off-limit to respectable actors.  If I can detect
> and own a botnet that is attacking me, and reverse it on its herders,
> I think that is a highly respectable thing to do.

I disagree.  Botnets are always (to a first and probably even second
approximation) made up of machines belonging to arm's-length third
parties, and you have no more right to abuse them for your ends than
those abusing them to attack you do.

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