5 Sep
2008
5 Sep
'08
11:41 a.m.
On Fri, 5 Sep 2008, Michael Thomas wrote:
I thought that these bot nets were so massive that it is pretty easy for them to fly under the radar for quotas, rate limiting, etc. Not that all bot nets are created equal, and there aren't local hot spots for whatever reason, but putting on the brakes in a way that users wouldn't feel pain is simply not going to make any appreciable difference in the overall mal-rate.
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