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RE: GRC rides again...


From: Roeland Meyer <rmeyer () mhsc com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 06:29:02 -0700


From: David Howe [mailto:DaveHowe () gmx co uk]
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 2:48 AM

... With yet another "update" to the DDos pages.
http://grc.com/dos/intro.htm
and I quote:

Unfortunately, today we see only the operation of blind 
self-interest from
Microsoft and the Internet's ISP's

As I seem to recall several members of this list offered him 
help (and were rebuffed) perhaps they
would like to comment? He seems increasingly lost in
a fantasy world where everyone is out to get him....

The question I have is, would QoS would do any good here?

Other then that, he seems to be on a rant here. As much as I hate to say it,
I almost agree with MSFT here. That said, Novell stated, decades ago, that
MSFT never could understand network security. At the time, I agreed with
Novell. Current observation is, that MSFT has yet to learn. Considering
MSFT's workstation market-share, that is a problem for all of us.


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