Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Hey, Danny:

- -- Danny McPherson <danny () tcb net> wrote:

> While I understand your frustration, lest we not forget, providers  
are in
> the business of making money, and solutions of this type today only add
> to churn, additional operational expense and liability.  It's not  
quite so
> black and white as you make it, unfortunately.

Unfortunately, if ISPs don't do _something_ to "clean up their
own backyards", I hate to think of what the alternative may be.

> With that, as Sean points out, providers are trying to address the  
issues
> in an business-savvy manner and some do seem to have reasonable (IMO)
> solutions underway.  But be careful what you ask for, some of these
> solutions you're mandating might very well resemble SiteFinder-style
> schema's (or far worse) in order to justify the investment by the  
> providers.

Indeed.

It's a hairy problem, but an important one that needs to be
addressed.

- - ferg

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