I run a free pc clinic, and I've seen people wait up to a year before getting their computer fixed. Usually, though, it's more like three or four months, and that's only if the computer is unusably slow.
While handing out fliers on Wednesday, I encountered people who were certain their computers had viruses, but hadn't planned to do anything about it.
The followup you're describing sounds like the ???? stage in the standard three-step business plan.
If you really want to only accept mail from a computer that has mail services running, why not send a SYN packet to port 25 of the sending IP, and see if you get a RST packet in response?
You don't have to set up a full connection, and you can set a timeout for waiting for the reponding packet. (Though, if it were me, I'd probably have a cache table I'd check against first. If I receive 4000 emails from a server, I don't want to SYN flood the poor thing.)
This may just exacerbate the botnet issue. Think about it; if most attacks are relayed through bots, and bots are vulnerable Windows machines, then this kind of effort is only publicizing lists of IPs where vulnerable Windows machines reside.
Your hosting provider probably isn't set up to handle that kind of load. The Slashdotting actually crashed the Dreamhost server Rosetta Code originally resided on. That's why people were getting 403 errors for a while; Dreamhost dropped the site.
However, that particular quote was a joke I took out of a 1970's Heinlein science fiction novel; Even if it was serious to begin with, it would be outdated now.
Actually, Slashdot gave me a huge influx of contributing users. It's all I can do to keep up with the submissions; I'm faced with the task of building a group of people with an active interest in maintaining style and content quality.
Plus, I was offered free hosting with unlimited bandwidth, and it's holding up. How can you beat that?
The site's back up. I believe this is the page you're interested in.
(Gah! I've been working on Rosetta Code day-and-night, while eating, working, and in class, since the Slashdotting, just to keep up with all the new material. I tried to create the link using wiki syntax.)
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I'll believe it when I see it.
More likely, botnet software will start incorporating anti-malware functionality targetting competing bots.
I run a free pc clinic, and I've seen people wait up to a year before getting their computer fixed. Usually, though, it's more like three or four months, and that's only if the computer is unusably slow.
While handing out fliers on Wednesday, I encountered people who were certain their computers had viruses, but hadn't planned to do anything about it.
The followup you're describing sounds like the ???? stage in the standard three-step business plan.
If you really want to only accept mail from a computer that has mail services running, why not send a SYN packet to port 25 of the sending IP, and see if you get a RST packet in response?
You don't have to set up a full connection, and you can set a timeout for waiting for the reponding packet. (Though, if it were me, I'd probably have a cache table I'd check against first. If I receive 4000 emails from a server, I don't want to SYN flood the poor thing.)
This may just exacerbate the botnet issue. Think about it; if most attacks are relayed through bots, and bots are vulnerable Windows machines, then this kind of effort is only publicizing lists of IPs where vulnerable Windows machines reside.
That sounds like a dream-come-true for attackers.
I assume they said the same thing when the half-penny was dropped. However, I don't feel like I'm getting screwed.
Inflation will make the difference irrelevant. It's done it before...
Your hosting provider probably isn't set up to handle that kind of load. The Slashdotting actually crashed the Dreamhost server Rosetta Code originally resided on. That's why people were getting 403 errors for a while; Dreamhost dropped the site.
Sure, but most of those are on prolonged engagements.
It took a friend and me less than an hour, all told. :)
Nice to hear from you.
However, that particular quote was a joke I took out of a 1970's Heinlein science fiction novel; Even if it was serious to begin with, it would be outdated now.
I created a page that lists all the similar sites that Slashdot users mentioned in their replies.
I created a page that lists all the similar sites that Slashdot users mentioned in their replies.
I created a page that lists all the similar sites that Slashdot users mentioned in their replies.
I created a page that lists all the similar sites that Slashdot users mentioned in their replies.
Actually, Slashdot gave me a huge influx of contributing users. It's all I can do to keep up with the submissions; I'm faced with the task of building a group of people with an active interest in maintaining style and content quality.
Plus, I was offered free hosting with unlimited bandwidth, and it's holding up. How can you beat that?
I created a page that lists all the similar sites that Slashdot users mentioned in their replies.
I created a page that lists all the similar sites that Slashdot users mentioned in their replies.
I created a page that lists all the similar sites that Slashdot users mentioned in their replies.
I created a page that lists all the similar sites that Slashdot users mentioned in their replies.
Heh. I added it to the page that lists all the similar sites that Slashdot users mentioned in their replies.
I created a page that lists all the similar sites that Slashdot users mentioned in their replies.
I created a page that lists all the similar sites that Slashdot users mentioned in their replies.
I created a page that lists all the similar sites that Slashdot users mentioned in their replies.
It's been up for a couple days now. Take a peek.
Take a look now. Last time I checked, we solved 22 tasks in 43 languages. There are probably more, now.
The site's back up. I believe this is the page you're interested in.
(Gah! I've been working on Rosetta Code day-and-night, while eating, working, and in class, since the Slashdotting, just to keep up with all the new material. I tried to create the link using wiki syntax.)