[93068] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: register.com down sev0?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Per Heldal)
Thu Oct 26 08:05:47 2006
From: Per Heldal <heldal@eml.cc>
To: Fergie <fergdawg@netzero.net>
Cc: randy@psg.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20061025.230427.20443.1295724@webmail10.lax.untd.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:04:31 +0200
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 06:03 +0000, Fergie wrote:
> Having said that, botnets don't need to spoof addresses -- the
> sheer dispersion of geographic and AS infection base renders the
> whole point of spoofing almost moot.
A lot of new possibilities arise if spoofing can be eliminated with near
100% certainty. Some examples:
Automated filtering.
Automated notification to providers. "Cut off host X or..."
Expose compromised systems and hold their owners financially responsible
for damages. Severe punishment of large number of users may cause
outrage, basis for regress, class-action lawsuits, and maybe finally
turn the attention to the real source of the problem; software vendors
whose products are of such a dismal quality that they'd be banned
worldwide from just about any market other than that for computer
software.
--
Per Heldal - http://heldal.eml.cc/
