RE: Fighting a spam fire with a DDoS
FYI, Lycos people now say this is a hoax. They say they have not done this.
-----Original Message----- From: James Sissel
True, except the Lycos people are very careful and are using a database of well know spammers. Visit their website to get more information.
http://www.makelovenotspam.com
Couldn't this be used as a cheap way to DDoS someone? E.g. if I were upset with the incompetent inventory control at my local hardware store, could I send out a pile of spam linking to www.mylocalhardwarestore.com and watch as their web site slows to a crawl?
On Wednesday 01 December 2004 04:14 pm, Brian Densmore wrote:
FYI, Lycos people now say this is a hoax. They say they have not done this.
Link? For what it's worth: The Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/26/lycos_europe_spam_blitz/ CNET: http://news.com.com/Lycos+Europe+Make+love+not+spam/2100-7349_3-5471207.html ZDNET: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39175487,00.htm BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4051553.stm It's Lycos _Europe_ that's supposedly doing this. I heard news reports yesterday as the total number of downloads swept past 70,000 to 100,000 by evening. Today http://www.makelovenotspam.com is down - a victim of it's own success, or retaliatory DOS?
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