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Re: Government scrutiny is headed our way


From: Dean Robb <pceasy () norfolk infi net>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:53:11 -0400

At 06:25 6/21/98 -0400, you wrote:
Henry Linneweh wrote:

Now that we have gotten down to the nitty gritty here.

AGAIN the main mechanism for spoofing the smurf attacks is A program
call wingate, ban that code and this problem will be cut more than in half.

Really?  Wow - it's truly amazing noone's come up with such a simple
solution so far.  Watch out for the photographers - you'll inevitably be
ambushed.  My hero :-)


Kewl!  "Wingate, thou art banned!".  Now, only half as many networks should
be smurfed....

</sarcasm></sarcasm>


What do spammers and nails have in common?  They're both intended for
hammering.

Dean Robb
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