[109263] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams andSpams
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Lewis)
Thu Nov 13 11:39:52 2008
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:39:33 -0500
From: "Chris Lewis" <clewis@nortel.com>
CC: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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John Bambenek wrote:
> Something to keep in mind. I don't believe it was McColo that was the
> end provider of "badware" per se (and I could be proven wrong), they
> simply played the enabling role by hosting it and looked the other way.
> Now don't get me wrong, they ought to be kicked offline for
> externalizing their costs on the rest of us, but what criminal charges
> could be filed here?
Aiding and abetting and conspiracy come to mind at the very least.
Knowingly facilitating child porn should have quite a few possiblities too.
But they're really hard things to prosecute on the Internet, in the face
of the plausible deniability shields they work at so carefully to erect.
> That said, of course this information should be turned over to law
> enforcement. It often is.
Don't assume it hasn't already. Previously. Repeatedly. And I don't
think the dust has quite settled yet.
