[pchelpers] Re: Over 2000 bots?
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:08:29 +1200
Scott McNay wrote:
> Hi John,
> I think this is an ISP problem; you really need a universal standard
> that ISPs can be forced (or very strongly recommended) to check for
> and require (or very strongly recommend) their users to conform to.
> Large businesses will scan their computers to check for infected
> systems, and require them to be fixed immediately. There is no such
> enforcement for home users, and many ISPs may be afraid of losing
> users if they try to enforce such ("how do you know that unless you've
> been attacking my system!"). By making it a standard and/or mandatory,
> the infection rate can be cut way down.
There was no intention to send this to unknown people, just to those
interested who could use such a list to defend their web services from
attacks.
> You may not want to email it to people whom you don't know/trust; a
> system that has a bot is almost certainly insecure and can thus be
> infected by other bots.
>
The one solution (practicality debatable) that remains, it could be
necessary to snail mail the owners with a personal letter since it would
be less intrusive and more official. Imagine sending that amount of
postage...
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