IP: Worms prompt AT&T to unplug sites

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Lets see, commercial people operate good web sites that are safe (like MS) 
and citizens don't. Sounds like a good excuse to get rid of citizen web 
servers to me djf




> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-6820012.html?tag=st.ne.1004.saslnk.saseml
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>       Worms prompt AT&T to unplug
>       sites
>       By Reuters
>       August 8, 2001, 9:30 p.m. PT
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>       To keep the spread of the Code Red worms from slowing down its 
> cable Internet network, AT&T
>       is blocking access to Web servers run by residential customers, a 
> spokeswoman said
>       Wednesday.
> --
By blocking incoming traffic to Web servers, AT&T is effectively shutting 
down the Web sites, which residential customers are not supposed to be 
operating anyway, Eder said.

"According to our official use policy, customers are not permitted to 
operate Web servers behind cable modems," she said.

Commercial customers of AT&T's cable Internet service are not affected, she 
added.



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