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Do we need to take measures against people shouting nonsense through megaphones, or can we just accept that they have this capability and pursue more interesting topics?

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If someone kept doing that outside my house the police would get involved. The same should be true if your servers keep shouting at mine.

Granted. But the police shouldn't be written into TCP. That is a social solution, not a technical one.

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