[svlug] Researchers ping through first full 'Internet census' in 25 years

[David Fox]

On 10/12/07, Tri Huynh <trihuynhdinh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Isn't that illegal ? Isn't pinging that much a DOS attack ? My 2 cents. BTW,
> I love Windows Vista.

No, but Windows Vista is a DOS attack.

We're talking maybe a couple of pings per machine at maximum just to
see if there is a response. I highly doubt there is a problem.