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Re: Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:16:18 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org> Date: March 15, 2007 9:59:56 AM EDT To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Cc: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>, Andrew Burnette <acb () acb net> Subject: Re: [IP] Re: Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users
Ms. Lee is either running continuous p2p traffic, or has a completely infested machine (not implausible, I've seen infected machines generate as much as 40Mbps at a time).
And that is one place where providers could not only free up some bandwidth, but could spare the rest of us the ongoing flood of abuse. Just blocking outbound port 25 connections would provide substantial relief -- locally (and elsewhere), >90% of inbound spam is coming from zombie'd systems on broadband providers. (Yes, I know it's a band-aid, and yes, I know it breaks the end-to-endconnectivity principle here, but we're getting pummeled and it's the best fix we have...because nobody seems ready, willing, and able to secure the
huge number of zombie'd systems out there and keep them that way.) I wonder how much *other* traffic falls into the category of "abusive", e.g., ssh brute-force probes, DoS attacks, etc. ---Rsk ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/@now Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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