Re: Remote support for Iranian protestors making it harderthem to reach the outside world?

[Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

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On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Buhrmaster, Gary<gtb () slac stanford edu>
wrote:

> > The bottom line is that when people take up "digital arms" in the form
> > of DoS attacks, everyone loses.
>
> Not the press.  They get to write another story
> (about "The end of the Internet").
>
> Not certain groups who want "our" botnet to be bigger
> than "their" botnet (and want funding).  Sounds like
> the new MAD (Mutually Assured DDoS) to me.
>
> There is always an upside for *someone*.

Sadly true.

- - ferg

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