Re: In re: Spam and Gate Crashing

Thanks for clearing that up for me. I'm now wondering in light of the spam-bot program if a similar thing can be done to a web site. I've been negotiating a license with some ISPs for a web site, and a couple of them are trying to get a "per hit" charge. It seems that an attacker could do the same thing to a web site as to newsgroups, i.e., create a program that would continuously dial a web site until the server crashed. Am I wrong about that?

Thanks to all who replied.

I'm your huckleberry...that's just my game...

Christian L. Castle                                         clcastle[_at_]netcom.com
NETCOM, the West Coast's Leading Internet Service Provider.      (408) 554-8649

On Tue, 24 Oct 1995, Charles Glasser/NYU Law wrote:
>
> On Mon, 23 Oct 1995, Christian L. Castle wrote:
> >
> > Forgive my ignorance, but can someone distinguish "flaming" from
> > "spamming" for me?
>
>
> "Flaming" is an annoying, ad hominum or outright nasty attack with a
> person or group as the subject matter, usually posted for the world to
> see.
>
> "Spamming" is the widespread and indiscriminate posting of the same
> message, usually an advertisement (but often an incoherent political
> treatise) to newsgroups across USENET, with no relation to the board's
> purpose. This is usually accomplished by a program called a "spam-bot"
> which repeats the mailing thousands of times.
>
> FYI: Under Connceticut's new computer law, flaming may be illegal, if
> the law is given a liberal construction.
>
> Charles Glasser
> NYU '96
> <cjg6159[_at_]is.nyu.edu>
Received on Thu Oct 26 1995 - 15:29:25 GMT