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Way to go Brit's!
From: "Randall M" <randallm () fidmail com>
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 06:08:10 -0600
1) SECURITY WATCH: British ISP Fires Back at Spammers Plus: A botnet study; bad password education? British Telecom has implemented a system whereby they can identify those customers who are sending spam, especially those that trigger zombies in a botnet. After identifying the offending customer, they quarantine or terminate the account, depending on the activity. If quarantined, BT assists the customer in remediating their PC and returning it to the control of the owner. Well, this is something that has been a long time coming. Finally an ISP is going to start protecting its customers from other customers, for a start. When a client within an ISP is infected with botnet malware, typically their first victims come from the same ISP. BT's new feature will identify these zombies, block them from communicating with other customers and the Internet-at-large and eventually get them cleaned. Of course, there is concern that there will be false positives, but StreamShield Networks, who's providing the technology to BT, is sure its Content Forensics product will keep those to a minimum, if not avoid them entirely. We certainly hope that this live implementation will yield glowing reports of decreased spam and malware originating from BT networks and that the company announces an incredible improvement in response time for its customers as the network become less congested with garbage traffic. This will be needed to inspire other ISPs to adopt similar strategies. In 2001, I spelled out what I termed the "Internet Penalties Plan," which basically described an identical process. Thank You Randall M ===================== You too can have your very own Computer! Note: Side effects include: Blue screens; interrupt violation; illegal operations; remote code exploitations; virus and malware infestations; and other unknown vulnerabilities.
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