On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, JC Dill wrote:
Above.net's blocking of ORBS led to fewer and fewer networks using ORBS and IMHO it contributed to the weakness that allowed the lawsuit to happen and thrive. If ORBS had been a stronger service with more users, they might have done things differently before or during the lawsuit.
What happens to Digital Island if networks (especially large networks) start blocking them because they won't stop repeatedly scanning when asked? Can it do them *any* good?
I would assume they might develop a better probing methodology that is harder to detect or block. Is it really productive to deem the packets of others "dirty" when you willingly participate in a public-access medium? Are the probes creating more overhead than an ACL? Or is someone just pissed because they have their pager linked to tail -f ids.log?
jc