, 2004-12-06
After a week of well-deserved criticism, Lycos is abandoning its scheme to launch denial-of-service attacks against spammy websites. Did the company reform in time to avoid criminal prosecution?
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Lycos Goes Straight - Mark doesn't get it
2004-12-07
Reader (3 replies)
Reader (3 replies)
Lycos Goes Straight - Mark doesn't get it
2004-12-07
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Anonymous (1 replies)
Lycos Goes Straight - Mark doesn't get it
2004-12-08
Jagdwulfe (1 replies)
Jagdwulfe (1 replies)
Didn't your momma ever tell you that two wrongs don't make a right? I hate spam as much as anyone, but fighting spam by DOSing the spammers is not the solution. And what criteria determines a spammer?
And noone mentioned the worst case scenario- what if Lycos were to lose control of their DDOS network and it begins packeting other, innocent people? I don't feel that it would be too unrealistic for a hacker to hack either the application or Lycos it self to make this happen.
I am glad that Lycos took their bad-idea hats off.
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