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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: mitigating botnet C&Cs has become useless
-- "Scott Weeks" <[email protected]> wrote: [snip] >Yes, you're correct. I didn't mean to say the things you >mentioned haven't worked at all. I'm just saying that there >has to be a better way than police-type actions on a global >scale. Also, I'm sure many more smart people will work on >it for many more years and others will make billions more >before it's solved. But it needs to be solved on the same >playing field that the ugliness is occurring on. You don't >solve San Diego's slave trade by kicking ass on Indonesia's >pirates. > >Last, you're also correct that this is leading nowhere. I >made my point and have now beat it to death. Thanks for >listening... > >scott > Personally, I think there is wiggle-room between what Gadi surmises (persoanlly, I think he is playing Devil's advocate), what everyone else may surmise as an effort into nothingness, and what Vixie professes (if anyone bothered to read what he forwarded -- I did, and very much agree). I actually think there is _a_lot_ which can be, and should be, done. Turning a blind eye is unnacceptable, and right now, ISP's are in the spotlight w.r.t. doing just that: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/ISPs_accused_of_ignoring_botnet_invasion/0,2000061744,39257307,00.htm There is _major_ room for improvement, so I guess the relevant question becomes: Are people part of the problem or part of the solution? What's the measuring stick? - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
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