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[B.K. DeLong]

Windows Update = Skype DDOS seems too good to be true....

Why did this not happen to Skype with previous Windows Updates. What
changed since the last large update to make this happen? Has Skype
really been getting significant enterprise penetration subject to
massive reboots after a patch-management run....? Or is this just the
automatic "download, install and reboot" XP does so well?

Something seems hinky.

On 8/21/07, dan at geer.org <dan at geer.org> wrote:
>
>
> Everyone probably saw the two items I'm mentioning, but if
> Windows Update == a DDoS against Skype, then you've just
> proven the monoculture conjecture.  Similarly, if you can
> slow down the entire Internet with a 9mm, then you've just
> proven the fragility conjecture.



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