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- mat_epice 3y agoI disagree. Microsoft has a duty to keep their systems from accessing others at unreasonable rates when requested, even if it's being done at a user's request. Microsoft may not be perpetuating the DoS, but they seem to be complicit. This could easily be used by a truly nefarious party to do similar damage or worse to others.
- jmclnx 3y agoI also disagree, and they were DDOS, so technically Microsoft broke a law. >Granlund was not entirely satisfied with Blacker's explanation, nor the implied feebleness of the project's server(s) So, every project needs to have a multi-million USD server Farm ? GMP is probably pulled by various Linux distros and the BSDs, along with other Misc projects. So no need for a huge server farm. For people who do not know what it is: https://gmplib.org/ https://gmplib.org/
- belltaco 3y ago> and they were DDOS, so technically Microsoft broke a law And what law is that?
- jmclnx 3y ago>In the US, denial-of-service attacks may be considered a federal crime under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act with penalties that include years of imprisonment.[121] The Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the US Department of Justice handles cases of DoS and DDoS. In one example, in July 2019, Austin Thompson, aka DerpTrolling, was sentenced to 27 months in prison and $95,000 restitution by a federal court for conducting multiple DDoS attacks on major video gaming companies, disrupting their systems from hours to days You can do a google search to get more info
- jjgreen 3y agoAre you sure? Comments usually have no "reply" button for a minute or two after posting (for everyone)