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

  • From: Sean Donelan
  • Date: Sat Feb 17 20:55:46 2007


On Sat, 17 Feb 2007, Gadi Evron wrote:
Yes, but that is because the successful ISPs currently often implement
their own if they have the resources and R&D power. The really big ones
have it automated, the small ones have it limited to be "activated by an
abuse desk person".

And I also know "many" ISPs that developed home-grown systems and had to abandoned them due to various problems.

Until you understand the differences and why various attempts haven't
worked, you are doomed to repeat the same mistakes; and unlikely to
be successfull beyond a few limited environments.

Is there a significant difference between the "many" ISPs implementing
walled gardens and other ISPs as far as infection rates?