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Re: so, how would you justify giving users security?


From: Florian Weimer <fw () deneb enyo de>
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 22:41:55 +0200


* Stephen J. Wilcox:

On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Gadi Evron wrote:

Anyone ever considered just closing these ports? People will pay you 
more and just for your ACL services! You can put all your troubles 

you would need to do this on a per customer interface basis ie not
at an aggregation point but on each ppp interface..

Not necessarily.  Some Windows malware prefers local address ranges,
but not all.  If you quickly disconnect those who caught something,
it's a great help in keeping the number of infected machines down.
You could even spin this in a way that encourages your customers to
recommend you to their friends: no hassle with the filters.


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