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To: Math Junkie who wrote (47917)	6/14/2001 12:29:17 AM
From: FJB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Instead of my reading the article to you, why don't you read it yourself before you try to dismiss it? I read the entire thing and am insulted that you think I didn't. Richard, it does not take a rocket scientist to put a web page up. I find it laughable that you believe these musings. I will give you the IP address of an XP machine and let's see what "hacking" you can accomplish. Frankly, this is like a bunch of ants attempting to whittle down the "ever lasting gob stopper" of Willie Wonka fame. Send me a private message and I will let you attempt to "hack" one of my machines. How does that sound to you? Bob

To: Math Junkie who wrote (47917)	6/14/2001 8:31:48 AM
From: Katherine Derbyshire	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

>>It is clear from what he has written that the issue in his mind is not impersonation, but that XP would enable potentially large numbers of novice hackers to achieve anonymity while launching attacks, thus dramatically escalating an already growing problem. << This is similar to the "guns cause crime" argument. You're claiming that large numbers of otherwise law abiding people will suddenly decide to launch DoS attacks because Windows XP makes it easier to do so. That is, IMO, nonsense. IMO, anyone who wants to launch a DoS attack already has plenty of tools available. The claim that XP poses a problem also forgets that the first wave of UNIX-based DoS attacks inspired most systems admins to figure out ways to block such attacks. A Windows XP attack by a novice cracker is not likely to be sophisticated enough to get around such protective measures. Katherine