Microsoft Switches to Linux

[Brian Densmore]

I never said Linux was immune to DDOS attacks.
But it is notable that you don't see someone doing this with
windozes boxen. That's all I'm saying. And I disagree that the
OS has nothing to do with susceptibility to DDOS.

Geesh. Of course any one computer is vulnerable to DDOS.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: admin
>
> uhh, since when did the OS determine on how to stop a DDOS attack?  Hook a
> linux box to a cable modem, and launch a DDOS attack on it from several
> university rooted boxes, send 2mb x 12 packets, and lets see if that linux
> box can do anything on the internet, inbound or outbound.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Hull 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Brian Densmore wrote:
> 
> > Anyway, as I was saying it shows that if you want 
> > a system that can robustly handle
> > a DDOS attack ... run Linux.
> 
> I may be wrong, but I think the reason Akamai's network is 
> less vulnerable to 
> DDOS has less to do with the fact that they are running Linux 
> and more to do 
> with the architecture of their network.
> 
> Linux is not immune to DDOS attacks. It may be easier to 
> build a distributed 
> network that is less vulnerable to DDOS using Linux than an 
> MS product, it's 
> certainly cheaper.