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Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet?
From: Jack Bates <jbates () brightok net>
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 10:06:27 -0600
On 12/8/2010 9:43 AM, JC Dill wrote:
Why isn't ANYONE going after Microsoft over this? If Microsoft were held accountable for the spam and DDOSs that spew from their crappy software, they would find a way to stop the problem. I've raised this issue before, IMHO Windows OSs are "attractive nuisances" and that legal argument can be used to hold Microsoft responsible for not putting an adequate "fence" around their "attractive nuisance".
I call BS. Windows has it's problems, but it is the most common exploited as it holds the largest market share. Many Windows infections I've seen occur not due to the OS, but due to lack of patching of applications on the OS. The system does as much as it can.
I've seen plenty of webmail/php/cgi hacks to not blame M$ for having market share.
Jack
Current thread:
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet?, (continued)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? bmanning (Dec 08)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Dobbins, Roland (Dec 08)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Thomas Mangin (Dec 08)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Dobbins, Roland (Dec 08)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Dobbins, Roland (Dec 08)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? JC Dill (Dec 08)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Jack Bates (Dec 08)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Seth Mattinen (Dec 08)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Curtis Maurand (Dec 09)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Greg Whynott (Dec 09)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Simon Leinen (Dec 11)