J Edgar Hoover wrote:
> I'm wondering if you could effectively DoS a capped account for a
> month by sending a lot of unrequested data.
Speaking from the point of view of a portuguese cable modem user, yes.
In the customer support section of the cable company's website, there's
a web page which displays each consumer's modem[1] readings; I don't
think this dumb brick[2] distinguishes requested from unrequested data.
It wouldn't be a DoS, however; no sane company would impose a monthly
hard limit on *my* pr0n surfing habits.[3] You'd be landing the hapless
chap on the other end of the link in a very ugly position. He would have
to prove the data was unrequested.
Cheers,
Luis Bruno
[1]: Which is a bridge, or a very dumb routing device.
[2]: RCA/Thompson DCM235.
[3]: They'd just charge you obscene amounts of money for every byte over
the limit.
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