<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><base href="x-msg://221/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Dec 7, 2012, at 10:14 AM, michael gurstein <<a href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com">gurstein@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">(Regarding Sally Wentworth's "Please take note of the below statement from ISOC with regards to reported attacks against the ITU Website during the WCIT.")</blockquote></blockquote><font color="#007316"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></font><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">It is extremely difficult to stop a lynch mob.</span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>It is important keep in mind that the number of machines in a DDoS attack does not </div><div>equal the number of actual actors; i.e. 100 thousand people protesting by gathering </div><div>in a city square is a definitely a demonstration of civil empowerment, whereas 100 </div><div>thousand machines performing a denial of service attack against a web site could</div><div> be just three upset people with the right set of tools at their disposal.</div><div><br></div><div>As some of the statements explaining the need for such attacks would imply that</div><div>it is being done to protect the existing system (including ICANN, ISOC, & RIRs)</div><div><<a href="http://legionnet.inc.nl.eu.org/2012/12/stop-madness-anonymous-counterproposal.html">http://legionnet.inc.nl.eu.org/2012/12/stop-madness-anonymous-counterproposal.html</a>>,</div><div>it is perfectly reasonable for ISOC to issue a statement indicating that closing down</div><div>communications as a protest is both counterproductive and contrary to the very</div><div>idea of open MS participation for all.</div><div><br></div><div>FYI,</div><div>/John </div><div><br></div><div>Disclaimers: My views alone. Websites which contain these views are not responsible</div><div>for their content and should not be attacked solely on that basis. Coming up with other</div><div>pretenses for vigilate action against such websites is left as an exercise for the reader.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>