----- Original Message Follows ----- From: Gadi Evron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Many ISP's who do care about issues such as worms, > infected users "spreading the love", etc. simply do not > have the man-power to handle all their infected users' > population. > Some who are user/broadband ISP's (not say, tier-1 and > tier-2's who would be against it: "don't be the > Internet's Firewall") are blocking ports such as 139 and > 445 for a long time now, successfully preventing many of > their users from becoming infected. This is also an > excellent first step for responding to relevant outbreaks > and halting their progress. > > Philosophy aside, it works. It stops infections. Period. > > Back to the philosophy, there are some other solutions as > well. Plus, should this even be done? Oh geez, here we go again... Search the archives and read until you're content. It's a non-thread. This horse isn't only dead, it's not even a grease spot on the road any more. :-( scott
