Re: Impending (mydoom) DOS attack

["Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr." <larrysheldon () cox net>]

Leo Bicknell wrote:

> Bruce Perens has said it far better than I ever could at
> http://perens.com/SCO/DOS/.  Please read what he has to say.
>
> We (Open Source, ISPs, etc) must, MUST, come to SCO's defense on
> this one.  I am doing what I can with my employer to do just that.

I agree both with Mr. Bicknell, and with Mr. Perens for the 
reasons given.

I believe further that condemning this attack and doing what we
can to thwart it are simply the right things to do.

> Allowing attacks like this to succeed, either directly or indirectly
> is far more harmful than allowing SCO to stay online.  We cannot
> condone these actions for any reason, the end does not justify the
> means in the case of worms.