>> And what would trigger this law? SPAM? a port-scan? A high bandwidth attack on another network?
As a general matter nothing would trigger it. It goes into effect immediately. Are you asking what constitutes an infected user? We'd have to define that, but it's not the right question for this discussion unless you think it's impossible to define. Is it? >> You don't mention SPAM, perhaps intentionally... A customer sending out spam bot-like sounds like a trigger to me. >> I would contend that, for the most part, infected PCs are not an ISP problem, but the customer's problem. Think of it as an Internet public health problem, and the ISPs are in the best position to isolate the patients. >>1) Educating users on proper use of anti-virus and anti-malware tools - and being ADHD about installing OS updates. That just hasn't been getting the job done. >>2) Replacing SMTP with something sane and secure. SMTP has got to be IETF's biggest failure. Serious efforts at that many years ago (MARID) essentially failed. >>3) Doing what we can to develop and increase our participation in a public key infrastructure and IPSEC. Voluntarily? In what century will that happen? Larry Seltzer Contributing Editor, PC Magazine [email protected] http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
