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Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers
From: Joe Greco <jgreco () ns sol net>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 18:04:43 -0500 (CDT)
On 6/9/2010 14:37, Karl Auer wrote: [good stuff]Try thinking about what *could* happen rather than what *can't* happen.Even better: Think "here is what I can do". And then do it.
Some of us already do: Implement BCP38 Implement spam scanning for e-mail Have a responsive abuse desk Reload - not repair - any compromised systems Sponsor resources to combat spam many more etc. Some of us have been doing what you suggest for so long that we've become a bit skeptical and cynical about it all, especially when we see that in the last decade, BCP38 filtering still isn't prevalent, abuse desks are commonly considered to be black holes, and people still talk about disinfecting a virus-laden computer. There is only so much you can do, short of getting out a Clue by Four and going around hitting people with it. ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.
Current thread:
- Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers, (continued)
- Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers Owen DeLong (Jun 09)
- Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers Joe Greco (Jun 09)
- Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers Karl Auer (Jun 09)
- Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers Joe Greco (Jun 09)
- Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers Owen DeLong (Jun 09)
- Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers Joe Greco (Jun 09)
- Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers Karl Auer (Jun 09)
- Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers Joe Greco (Jun 09)
- Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers Karl Auer (Jun 09)
- Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers Larry Sheldon (Jun 09)
- Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers Joe Greco (Jun 09)
- Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers Larry Sheldon (Jun 09)
- Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers Jorge Amodio (Jun 09)
- Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers andrew.wallace (Jun 10)
- Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers Joe Greco (Jun 09)
- Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers Paul Ferguson (Jun 08)
- Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers Larry Sheldon (Jun 08)