The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:21:15 +0000
> <3483220.3BerjA8QVx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> We have just disconnected a guy whose LAN had 15000 connections with 178GB.
>> He is using Windows XP. Is it at all surprising that servers grind to a halt
>> and sometimes collapse under heavy load? This affects tens of thousands of
>> people. Anyway, I told him not to be alarmed. It's probably a passive
>> action, but things used to be easier when you could deal with the criminal
>> directly, not with victims.
>
> I'm surprised Windows XP could *handle* that many. :-)
Apparently, it doesn't:
http://www.msfn.org/comments.php?shownews=9017
Microsoft's solution (6277 words):
The Hacker's solution (click'n'run):
http://www.lvllord.de/
Or possibly any one of a number of viruses?
See, Microsoft *does* give you _choices_.
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