[106660] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: facebook worm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Allen Simpson)
Fri Aug 8 12:07:31 2008
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:07:20 -0400
From: William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@gmail.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0808072030170.14967@linuxbox.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Gadi Evron wrote:
> My thinking was that on the rare occasion when we can anticipate
> *possible* and *serious* floods and bottle-necks at ISP tech-support
> lines, across multiple providers and regions, we should share that
> information. NANOG remains the best place for such information sharing.
>
I agree.
> While I realize this mailing list is mostly about network operations and
> less about ISP operations, we had a discussion in the past where we have
> seen some in our community do use this information effectively and find
> it useful.
>
ISP operations are network operations. Fast spreading worms with
remediation through DNS configuration that may affect tech-support costs
are obviously network related.
