Re: Big Cheers for Qwest

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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- -- security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org> wrote:

> They monitor for malicious network traffic, and they don't monitor content
on my computer. Clever wording or honest mistake? Do they monitor for 
*content on the network*?
>

[Qwest rep. removed]

There are ways to look at malicious traffic without scanning the
hosts(s), and without compromising user privacy by looking into
their packet streams too far -- in fact, we (Trend Micro) offer
a similar service which ISPs could use:

http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products/enterprise/botnet-identification-servi
ce/

For what its worth, I have no idea exactly how Qwest is doing this,
but I think it is a step in the right direction.

$.02,

- - ferg

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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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