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RE: How's this for fun?
From: Blanchard_Michael () emc com
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:58:01 -0400
Block that entire connection. Not just a port or two. Put a note in that customer's account stating why the link was shut off. When the customer calls, they'll know why they were shut off. Better yet, shut them off and give them a phone call stating why they were shut off. Right now we don't see any notice that some ports are being blocked, zero notice that hotmail and MSN was blocked. No reason why, etc etc Don't hamper MY connection because some idiot got infected with the latest 'bot and is noew spewing out garbage. To answer your question though: What's unreasonable about ISPs stopping pollution going out their pipes? Nothing, prevent THEM from spewing out the garbage, and TELL THEM. Don't doa stealth nerf of everyone's access... Michael P. Blanchard Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, MCSE, MCP+I Office of Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 4400 Computer Dr. Westboro, MA 01580 email: Blanchard_Michael () EMC COM -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Richard M. Smith Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:50 AM To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: RE: [funsec] How's this for fun? Spam generated by zombie PCs seems like a form of Internet pollution to me. What's unreasonable about ISPs stopping pollution going out their pipes? Richard -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Blanchard_Michael () emc com Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:08 AM To: fergdawg () netzero net; funsec () linuxbox org Subject: RE: [funsec] How's this for fun? did they give any reason for this? It seems odd that they would only block Microsoft's e-mail services. If I was Microsoft, I'd have my army of lawyers looking into this. ISP's really piss me off when they do crap like this. Whether it's blocking port 25 outbound, blocking ANY other ports, blocking newsgroup access, blocking of any kind. They are supposed to be a pipe, that is all, just a pipe out to the internet. I don't want to be protected from myself, I don't need nor do I want their help. Michael P. Blanchard Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, MCSE, MCP+I Office of Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 4400 Computer Dr. Westboro, MA 01580 email: Blanchard_Michael () EMC COM -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Fergie Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 12:03 AM To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: [funsec] How's this for fun? These ISP's are starting to piss me off, personally. Tom Sanders writes in vnunet.com: [snip] Broadband internet provider Comcast has temporarily prevented its subscribers from sending emails to Hotmail and MSN accounts. For a period of three days, users trying to send messages addressed at the Microsoft owned internet services received an error message. The return email stated that: "The message could not be sent because one of the recipients was rejected by the server". A spokesperson for Comcast did not return several requests seeking further information. Comcast operates as a US cable TV provider. Its broadband internet business has 7.7 million subscribers. The email outage lasted from 18 until 20 October, according to postings by a support agent for the US service on a members-only user forum. [snip] http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/2005/10/comcast-temporarily-blocking-e-mail-to. html - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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