[77822] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IRC Bot list (cross posting)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Vixie)
Wed Feb 9 14:04:01 2005
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Paul Vixie <vixie@vix.com>
Date: 09 Feb 2005 19:02:59 +0000
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0502090011270.2114@bacchus.billn.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> > There's TWO places that are doing this botnet stuff and
> > the NANOG AUP discourages cross posting.
> >
> > I for one certainly don't want yet another list full of
> > botnet stuff.
>
> And I'm not subscribed to either. Yet, I've no less than a /19 of space
> under my purview and I don't believe that publishing botnet lists in the
> manner that has been done is either off topic, or off charter.
i suppose that at some level, the idea of topic-specific mailing lists is
just a bad idea and keeps us all in the dark on most topics. wouldn't it
be better to just post everything everywhere and make everybody read
everything?
wait, wait, i have a better idea. if you have a /19 worth of space and...
> Some of us, as hosting providers or similiar entities, have network costs
> to keep to a minimum. For those of us with security concerns, a heads up
> to compromised hosts within our bailiwick will *always* be appreciated.
...you really care about botnet reports, then why not subscribe to nsp-sec@
or da@ where such reports are published all damned day long every day. if
you ONLY subscribe to nanog@, you're missing a HUGE number of botnet reports.
--
Paul Vixie
