Hi All,
Over the weekend I fixed a small local business web site that had been
hacked. Same old story, they were using a popular cms, didn't update
it and and old javascript library was compromised. It was done by
this ass anonboy: https://www.google.com/search?q=hacked+by+anonboy
A scan with c
Eric Chadbourne wrote:
situation. Why don't these guys scan their own servers? I bet
You already provided the straight answer, so do you want the snarky
answer or the really snarky answer?
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The really snarky answer! A chuckle will brighten the day.
Though I didn't realize I already provided the answer.
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> Eric Chadbourne wrote:
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>> situation. Why don't these guys scan their own servers? I bet
>
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> You already provided the
Eric Chadbourne wrote:
Though I didn't realize I already provided the answer.
You did:
It seems every
low level "web developer" is giving clients wordpress, drupal, and
other cms solutions without providing support after installation and
then the client gets owned.
I'm having difficulty comi
As a more serious take on the topic, hosting providers are -- or are
supposed to be -- common carriers. They can't scan users' content. If
they did that then they'd cease being common carriers and they'd lose
their safe harbor and Good Samaritan protections.
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Rich P.
Their servers are serving malware. A lot of it I bet. I also bet in
their user agreement says you can't do that. Couldn't they use this
as a reason? They would be doing us all a favor.
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> As a more serious take on the topic, hosting provide
Eric Chadbourne wrote:
Their servers are serving malware. A lot of it I bet. I also bet in
their user agreement says you can't do that. Couldn't they use this
as a reason? They would be doing us all a favor.
In principle, a common carrier cannot police the content or goods it
carries. A co
It sounds like a job for a "Best Practices" document that cloud service
providers should hand out
with the rest of their documentation that makes it easy for the customers to do
the right thing.
-Bill
On Nov 18, 2013, at 2:17 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> Eric Chadbourne wrote:
>> Their servers
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 04:17:19PM -0500, William Cattey wrote:
> It sounds like a job for a "Best Practices" document that cloud
> service providers should hand out with the rest of their documentation
> that makes it easy for the customers to do the right thing.
On the contrary, it sounds like a
Ben Eisenbraun wrote:
On the contrary, it sounds like a value-added service now available for
only $5.99/month! Sign up now and enjoy 12 months for the price of 11!
This. Why give something away when you can charge a subscription fee?
Thing is, if a customer signs a contract permitting the pro
On 11/18/2013 1:35 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
As a more serious take on the topic, hosting providers are -- or are
supposed to be -- common carriers. They can't scan users' content. If
they did that then they'd cease being common carriers and they'd lose
their safe harbor and Good Samaritan prote
MBR wrote:
So, since service providers can now remove material they consider
offensive without subjecting themselves to liability, there's no reason
they couldn't scan users' content for malware without subjecting
themselves to liability.
That's not how it works. Among the provisions of the CDA
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