RE: New Denial of Service Attack on Panix

[David Miller <david () sparks net>]

On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, Jim Browning wrote:

> Rather than "educate the enemy" via public discussion, I think it would be 
> best if those capable of contributing to solutions to this problem:
>
> 1.   Collaborated in private
> 2.   Developed a consensus "I-D"
>
> If a solution is developed whose effectiveness is not weakened by making 
> the details public, it can be published.  If that is not the case, the 
> solution can be made available in private to "known entities".
>
> Make sense?

No.

There's no way to tell all the good guys from all the bad guys.
If one "bad-guy" get's on the "good guy" listthen you've just lost all 
adavantage of having the "private" discussion.  And in the meantime 
you've shut out all the guys who are "good" but somehow not on the "good 
guy" list.

--- David Miller
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                It's *amazing* what one can accomplish when 
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