[67012] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Impending (mydoom) DOS attack
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr.)
Fri Jan 30 19:54:12 2004
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 18:51:33 -0600
From: "Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr." <larrysheldon@cox.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Leo Bicknell wrote:
> Bruce Perens has said it far better than I ever could at
> http://perens.com/SCO/DOS/. Please read what he has to say.
>
> We (Open Source, ISPs, etc) must, MUST, come to SCO's defense on
> this one. I am doing what I can with my employer to do just that.
I agree both with Mr. Bicknell, and with Mr. Perens for the
reasons given.
I believe further that condemning this attack and doing what we
can to thwart it are simply the right things to do.
> Allowing attacks like this to succeed, either directly or indirectly
> is far more harmful than allowing SCO to stay online. We cannot
> condone these actions for any reason, the end does not justify the
> means in the case of worms.
