On 17/01/2017 21:15, William Waites wrote:
• For Internet Access providers, consider offering, as the default
entry level Internet Access Service, something which does not allow
external DNS / NTP resolution, to limit some of the methods
available to 'malware' that gets on to consumer systems. (mutually
beneficial)
Using external DNS servers is an easy way to avoid some kinds of
censorship (i.e. that which is implemented in the DNS). What you are
really saying here is that users should have to pay more for an
uncensored service. Are you seriously advocating this as a best
practice? It’s not April 1st yet, I don’t think.
Hey,
<with my co-chair hat off, speaking as a member of community>
This is not the best possible idea, I agree. There are other ways how to
mitigate malware DNS queries from end-users, not just simply blocking them.
• Customers that have totally free access to the Internet represent
additional risk to you, the ISP. For customers that want the full
experience, cover your additional risk mitigation costs.
(altruistic)
Either I am misunderstanding, or you are using words in a very
non-standard way.
"willingness to do things that bringadvantages to others, even if it
results in disadvantage for yourself"
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/altruism
What you seem to be describing is, in fact, the opposite of
altruism,
"the act of considering the advantage to yourself when making
decisions, and deciding to do what is best for you"
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/self-interest
I think we need to do ":0,$s/altruism/self-interest/g" in Steve's email ;)
Cheers, Jan
Is today upside-down day?
Cheers, -w
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