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On another security note... (of sorts)
- Subject: On another security note... (of sorts)
- From: lowen at pari.edu (Lamar Owen)
- Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:42:40 -0400
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <[email protected]>
On Thursday, July 15, 2010 02:40:50 pm Michael Holstein wrote:
> > Why is it that network operators can't work together
> > on instances like this and have a "botnet killswitch"
> Trust (or lack thereof).
That's certainly one of the biggest non-technical reasons. Others go by the acronyms NIH and NIMBY.
But to me it boils down to some hard questions: what is a botnet, who gets to make that definition, what is a killswitch, and who is allowed to push it?
I'm sure the collective wisdom here is capable of pulling the task off at least in theory; the hard part would be deciding whether to do it in hardware or software....