North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Platinum accounts for the Internet (was Re: who offers cheap(personal) 1U colo?)
On 15 Mar 2004 08:01:15 -0500 "Robert E. Seastrom" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Maybe NANOG needs to implement a system where you have to log > > in to a web page with your NANOG meeting passcode in order to > > get a usable IP address. Then, when an infected computer shows [...] > Seconded. This is dirt simple to do. If we believe in public > humiliation, a list of infected machines and their owners (along with [...] In the case of some networks and some type of malware, you might need to do more than this. For example, if a compromised host continues to spew out packets without a valid IP, this still eats link capacity. If the network is relatively flat, which is often is in wireless configurations, you still have a problem to solve before normal access for everyone else is restored. John
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