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Re: Botnet hunting resources


From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk-lists () cybernothing org>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:24:11 -0600

Luke S Crawford wrote:

1. are there people who apply pressure to ISPs to get them to shut down
botnets, like maps did for spam?

Hi, Luke! MAAWG recently published a document to help ISPs deal with infected machines in their networks. It's not the same kind of pressure, but (as we learned with open relays at MAPS) pressure isn't very effective unless there are tools available to deal with the problem.

http://www.maawg.org/about/publishedDocuments/MAAWG_Bot_Mitigation_BP_2007-07.pdf

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J.D. Falk
Return Path Inc
http://www.returnpath.net/


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