Re: Spam Update/Cyber Promo attacked

17 Dec 2003

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In <v03007807af9a5cf5c64a@[207.167.93.63]>, on 05/10/97 at 11:16 AM,
   Tim May <tcmay@got.net> said:
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At 7:37 AM -0800 5/10/97, William H. Geiger III wrote:
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Yes this is true just as it is ligit for me to make arp request to their
routers, lots of arp requests <EG>. There is nothing ilegal from me sending
such a request nor is their any limitation on the number of request that I
make.
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Yep and sending me spam is saying "Make more arp requests!!!!"
So?
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I never claimed otherwise. The effort to shut down CyberPromo with
coordinated ARP attacks is to be commended. This will probably turn out to
be another success story for Cypherpunks, having forced Wallace off the
air, so to speak.
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"What goes around, comes around."
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If you read my post carefully you'll see that I never said ARP attacks
were unjustified. I merely took issue with Ray A.'s point that CyberPromo
was not "honoring" requests to cease. (Absent a contractual arrangement,
no one is under any obligation to "honor" requests about what they wish to
have sent to them in e-mail.)
Ahhh... an erroneous jump in logic on my part. I had made the assumption
that you were also in disagreement with the ARP attack. Glad to see that we
are both on the same side of this issue. :)

Eventually programmers will learn that the Internet is a hostile
environment and code accordingly.

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