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> If someone were pushing data it would be called a DoS or DDoS. An attack is when someone sends unrequested data to try and break your network. Not always. B
by windexh8er 12y ago
> If someone were pushing data it would be called a DoS or DDoS. An attack is when someone sends unrequested data to try and break your network.
Not always. Backup is popular today - as I look at my simple home utilization I push about 30% of the ingress up to "somewhere".
> Double billing for a single service is a neat trick if you can pull it off.
This is how every communications network has been ideally built from the beginning and this "trick" has been played out time and time again starting starting with the PSTN. It's not uncommon, but is also isn't ideal - unless you are the carrier.
- macspoofing 12y ago>Not always. Backup is popular today - as I look at my simple home utilization I push about 30% of the ingress up to "somewhere". You're equivocating on 'push' and 'pull'. Under OPs definition, a 'pull' is a customer's valid usage of the service, while a 'push' is something like unwanted or unrequested data transfer from a 3rd party. This definition is a little muddled when you talk about uploads but it should be easily understood. You uploading your backup data is you merely using the service you paid for, even though you're 'pushing' data somewhere.
- msandford 12y agoFurthermore, it's not as though the backup company doesn't want the data and you're trying to cram it down their throats anyhow. Are you using more upload that download while doing the backup? Yes. Is the backup company's server sending ACKs to let your client know to continue sending data? Also yes.