[60437] in North American Network Operators' Group
Port blocking last resort in fight against virus
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Tue Aug 12 11:04:31 2003
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 11:04:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
This is the first trade publication I've seen that's covered some
of the issues with ISPs blocking or not blocking ports.
Port blocking last resort in fight against virus
Long term problems can be caused by port blocking
by Paul Brislen and James Niccolai, Auckland and San Francisco
http://computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/BEC6DE12EC6AE16ECC256D8000192BF7!opendocument
"While some end users are calling for ISPs to block certain ports relating
to the Microsoft exploit as reported yesterday (Feared RPC worm starts to
spread), most ISPs are reluctant to do so."
