Re: dumb. Comcast pop-ups

[<Toralv_Dirro () McAfee com>]

> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 12:05:24PM -0400, Jon Kibler wrote:
> > A *much* smarter move on Comcast's part would be to simply
> null route
> > any suspected infected computer until it is cleaned up.
>
> Absolutely.  Infected systems should be walled off *in toto*
> (not in part, as some on NANOG have recently suggested, not
> grasping the true nature of the problem) until they're fixed.

And prevent their customers from some activity on the internet that may be extremely urgent and important? As much as I 
would prefer such an approach personally, I'm afraid this is not a realistic option in the real world.


> Let us also not forget that Comcast is *finally* taking this
> first, bumbling, feeble step most of a decade after the
> problem was very well-known among the clueful portions of the
> community.  Any competent organization would have acted
> within days, at most, even if that action was being scripted
> on-the-fly.  (Compare/contrast with the speed and efficiency
> of the response to 11/2-3/1988.)

And I'm sure they are open to suggestion how to solve this with the least negative impact on them and their customers.


cheers,
Toralv





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