A rumor I really hope is not true
The Unofficial Apple Weblog
repeats and comments on a rumor that Apple has invested in, and is possibly cooperating with, Symbiot. I am purposely not linking to the Symbiot site because these people don't need any more publicity. The premise behind their product is that, if you detect that you are under a denial-of-service attack, you will counter-attack. This is just so stupid on so many levels that I don't know where to start, and fortunately many other folks have already posted about that. What worries me is that some idiot at Apple thought that this was a good investment and has convinced others at Apple that they should help Symbiot. If so, that Apple employee should be fired and Apple should apologize to the Internet community for their participation in the damage to the Internet. Or maybe this is just another "look how stupid Apple is" rumor...
Posted by lookit at March 25, 2004 01:31 PM