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Re: iglu on slashdot
- To: Oleg Goldshmidt <ogoldshmidt(at-nospam)computer.org>
- Subject: Re: iglu on slashdot
- From: guy keren <choo(at-nospam)actcom.co.il>
- Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 17:36:08 +0300 (EET DST)
- cc: Chen Shapira <chen(at-nospam)mercury.co.il>, <linux-il(at-nospam)linux.org.il>
- Delivered-To: linux.org.il-linux-il@linux.org.il
- In-Reply-To: <m3u22ouids.fsf@erwin.comgates.co.il>
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On 14 May 2001, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
> Chen Shapira <chen@mercury.co.il> writes:
>
> > And next time, do coordinate such activity with the actcom people, you could
> > have DOSed their network.
>
> Question #1: Don't we distinguish between DOS and Slashdot effect?
this wasn't a normal slashdot post. it was an intended test.
> Question #2: Is everybody who posts a link on /. or another
> DOS-capable service/newsgroup/mailing list supposed to find out who
> hosts the URL in question and contact them in advance?
not everybody places a file on their server and then posts a message to
slashdot. :0
> Imagine a clause in an ISP's user agreement:
>
> "We Provider will host the User's home page. The User warrants and
> guarantees that his or her home page will not be interesting enough
> to attract more than N hits a day. Violation of this provision will
> be a cause for termination of service."
no, but there's a clause regarding ammount of traffic under the
contract... and since we got this service for free, we should try not to
abuse it.
--
guy
"For world domination - press 1,
or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy
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