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Subject: Re: Hacker's Site list
From: Ian Dunkin <imd1707 @ ggr . co . uk>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 11:54:55 +0100 (BST)
To: Eric Wedaa <ericw @ fx . com>
Cc: firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <9408250228 . AA18329 @ delta . eecs . nwu . edu>

On Wed, 24 Aug 1994, Eric Wedaa wrote:

> There seems to be a large interest in this issue (15 responses in less
> than 24 hours).  I assume that represents a larger group of people
> who would like to see such a list [...]

> A site gets put on the list once it is reported to the list maintainer by root
> at a site. (This at least gives us a little bit of verification.)
> 
> A site, once on the list, stays on the list until that site is off the net.

This sounds as if it would offer great scope for malicious reports and
thus deliberate denial of service.  And any such loss of service, mediated
by the list coordinator, would be great fun for the lawyers.. 

       I.

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Ian Dunkin <imd1707 @
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