[118000] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for botted
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Painter)
Thu Oct 8 17:32:06 2009
From: "Michael Painter" <tvhawaii@shaka.com>
To: "Gadi Evron" <ge@linuxbox.org>,
"NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:31:08 -1000
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Gadi Evron wrote:
[snip]
> This will be an interesting phenomenon to watch. If it is successful
> perhaps it could work here too."
Comcast is launching a trial on Thursday of a new automated service that will warn broadband customers of possible virus
infections, if the computers are behaving as if they have been compromised by malware.
"ISPs have a helpful role to play in helping subscribers mitigate these kinds of security threats," she said. "The
challenge is...when users get these notices, do they understand them? Do they trust that they are real? Do they follow
through to the point where they clean up their computers?"
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10370996-245.html
