[geeks] Using a mailing list for a DDOS attack

[Anthony Ortenzi]

Geoff Mendelson said:
> It depends upon how qickly they happen. It's also not 1300 calls,
> it's 1300 people trying it out, so it's 1300 false alarms.

It does bring up an interesting question -- one of testing critical systems.

Is it never OK to verify that an emergency number works on your system?  It
really sucks to find out that it doesn't when someone's blood is draining
quickly.

-Anthony