SG> Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 17:28:40 -0700 (PDT) SG> From: Scott Granados SG> Someone in this case could create false traffic either pull SG> or push probably most likely pull and meet the ratio but It almost encourages those with eyeballs to spam, no? Maybe that's how [names deleted] meet their ratios... adjust how quickly they sign up and kick spammers. ;-) SG> cause drastic amounts of useless traffic to be carried on SG> the backbone. This does create far worse problems. I'd SG> assume such a method could be determined if not done properly You mean, like someone binding many IPs across geographically diverse locations and replaying cache traces? (Pretty sick when interconnects are reduced to the same level as people cheating those make-money-with-each-site-you-visit programs...) SG> but still it seems that these policies whether relating to ip SG> allocation or ratio of traffic leads to more harm than good. Yup. -- Eddy Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita/(Inter)national Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT) From: A Trap <blacklist@brics.com> To: blacklist@brics.com Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature. These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots. Do NOT send mail to <blacklist@brics.com>, or you are likely to be blocked.