Re: port 17027

["Paul D. Robertson" <proberts () clark net>]

On Wed, 12 Apr 2000 Bill_Royds () pch gc ca wrote:

> You have people who have installed "adware" with ads from Conducent, shareware
> programs that go get advertising to show on the desktop from these sites.  IF
> you check HTTP traffic to those same IP's you will find a lot more, but if you
> block the HTTP, the programs will try to blow away your network with about 10-15
> connect attemtps a second. Best to have companty policy to not install shareware
> without permission.
> Look in the clients registry for entries for Conducent, Timesink or Aureate.

Why not route those networks internally and set up a NetBSD box with a
return-rst rule. or have they not accounted for their servers not
answering?

Why limit the policy to shareware?  Nothing stops a commercial software
vendor from doing the same thing.

Paul
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