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Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 13:17:02 -0400
From: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>
To: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
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On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 12:02:34PM -0500, Mike Silbersack wrote:

Thanks Mike.  I'll go read the code before forming an opinion of my own.

> If you want to arrange a syn-floodoff, I'd be interested in seeing the
> results. :)

I can test against Linux, but don't own any bsdi boxes, and probably
should not pick a victim at random. :)

Regards,
Barney

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