Re: WashingtonPost computer security stories

2004-08-15 Thread Doug White
: : I put the blame not on the AV vendors but strictly on MS for building a : sieve. : : -Hank : I blame the miscreants who are malicious enough to want to cause as much damage as they can. MS software has tried for too long to be everything for everyone. For instance the SP2 for XP now being

Re: Google?

2004-07-26 Thread Doug White
Symantec, F-PROT, AVG (and others ) have released new definitions to cover the new MyDoom variant - it will require manual downloading and updating. Doug == Our Anti-spam solution works!! http://www.clickdoug.com/mailfilter.cfm For hosting solutions

Re: (UPDATE) Can a Customer take their IP's with them? (Court says yes!)

2004-06-30 Thread Doug White
As more and more of the facts come to light, it appears that NAC has brought much of this on themselves, and will need to dedicate the legal resources to counter the claims of Pegasus, in fact their own survival may well depend on it. I have to admit I have little sympathy for them or any

Re: Can a Customer take their IP's with them? (Court says yes!)

2004-06-29 Thread Doug White
The TRO reads to me along the lines that the customer wants protections from increased charges and fees (anything above normal rates) while they are able to move their equipment away from the co-located facilities. They do not wish to incur expenses from NAC for access to the facilities. I see

Re: Attn MCI/UUNet - Massive abuse from your network

2004-06-27 Thread Doug White
: : A simple these statements are untrue, please contact me off list for the : truth is hardly unreasonable. : : : Unfortunately a restriction such as that on this list defeats the atmosphere of openness and education for those who may be reading, but not necessarily posting to the list.

Re: Unplugging spamming PCs

2004-06-23 Thread Doug White
According to my daily log reports, I cannot tell! Comcast persistently remains the number 1 source of zombie spamming to my network. == Our Anti-spam solution works!! http://www.clickdoug.com/mailfilter.cfm For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com

Re: Default Internet Service (was: Re: Points on your Internet

2004-06-13 Thread Doug White
- Original Message - From: Paul Vixie [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : now, though, there's an opportunity to do a marketing U-turn on this. cable : and dsl providers in the USA can point to the national cybersecurity plan and : say that to comply with it they have to put infected computers in

Re: Points on your Internet driver's license (was RE: Even you can be

2004-06-13 Thread Doug White
: : My arguments are in respect to broadband connections to homes and offices : without IT department, firewalls or cluefulness. If you own your own IP : space you'd be considered an ISP, buying transit rather than broadband : home DSL. What the physical wire looks like the service is delivered

Re: Charter blocking Port 25

2004-06-10 Thread Doug White
: : : In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you write: : : On 06/09/04, Arman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : : Does anybody else know of other cable/DSL providers that simply block : outbound port 25? : : If charter, Comcast, swbell, cox, rr, or any others are blocking port 25, I cannot tell. I am

Re: Port 5000

2004-05-18 Thread Doug White
Now that we know it's Bobax scanning http://isc.sans.org/diary.php do we know if the source IP's are legit or spoofed? == Our Anti-spam solution works!! http://www.clickdoug.com/mailfilter.cfm For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com

Re: Spam handling

2004-04-28 Thread Doug White
The reason being is that the spammer is spoofing a removal address, as do most of them. The best advice I can give anyone is to never respond to an unsolicited email. If you do not wish to go to the trouble to report it to, say, spamcop, then just delete it. Responses to unsolicited email only

Re: The Uneducated Enduser (Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT))

2004-04-20 Thread Doug White
[snip] : : My argument is that a computer needs to be in a safe state by default. I : firmly believe that if I buy a brand new box from any reputable vendor : with a premium operating system of choice I should be able to connect this : device to a local broadband connection indefinitely. It

Re: Lazy network operators - NOT

2004-04-18 Thread Doug White
: : : : Lou Katz wrote: : : On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 02:01:45PM -0400, Jerry Eyers wrote: : : Spamming is pervasive mainly due to the inattention or failure to enforce : acceptable use policies by the service provider. : : I must point out that this statement is just flat wrong. :

Re: Lazy network operators - NOT

2004-04-18 Thread Doug White
: : That's why I keep advocating better ways to identify the specific sources : of the unwanted traffic, even if they change IP addresses. That way you : could positively block the infected computers from not only mail but : anything else you don't want to supply (no more GOOGLE/YAHOO/CNN for

Re: Lazy network operators - NOT

2004-04-17 Thread Doug White
: : Ok, you have eloquently described the problem, now, please be good enough to : give your solution : : : There is no easy solution. That's why we still have problems with spam in : postal mail, and that's been around for how many centuries? I'd go so far : as to say there's no easy solution,