> -----Original Message----- > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 2:52 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Comcast Broadband Speed Bump > > Sarcasm....maybe. However, tons of SPAM does originate from comcast > zombies (not to be confused with Rob Zombie or the cocktail).
My problem with this is that while true it seems to single out Comcast for not solving a problem faced by all other ISPs as well. Comcast is the largest broadband provider and thus has the most problems of this kind, but I've not seem anything that shows that they have more problems, per user, than other broadband providers. Comcast offers a free year of McAfee Firewall Plus (http://us.mcafee.com/en-us/affiliates/Comcast/landingpages/default.asp?affi d=108-01&cid=7235) and big discounts on anti-virus. They target computers sending too much mail and suspend the accounts. They encourage customers to surf safely and stay up to date. The service center has security first and foremost and contains up-to-date information about current scams and patches. Comcast could do more, of course, but this still strikes me as an industry issue, not the issue of one company. It's also a cost issue: most estimates are, for example that permanently blocking all port 25 traffic would cost something like $55 million in support costs. It's also clear that such a measure would be only temporarily effective - should they spend that every few months to reconfigure end users? Spammers get smart and work around limitations. Blocking port 25 on machines that were sending mass mail worked well... then spammers configured the machines to send fewer and fewer mails over longer periods. The newer zombies use the ISPs own mail servers rather than there own masking their activities even more. So, what should Comcast do that they're not doing? Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:146779 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
