Re: MicroSoft amplification?

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () research att com>]

In message <OF3DD9155A.FA5F9232-ON88256A9B.00804F54 () almaden ibm com>, "Tony Ral
l" writes:
> I see it too, on that address and on the second of the 3 addresses mapped 
> to www.microsoft.com (the third address doesn't respond at all).
>
> Most likely this is due to a not very smart load distribution system.

I'm told that that is indeed the case.  Well, strike the "not very 
smart" part -- I wasn't told that -- but I was told that it is indeed
because of the load distribution system.

                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb