#The targets of DDOS activity launched from unsecure systems may not
#agree with that statement. More importantly, their lawyers and a
#jury in a civil suit may not.
Has anybody successfully prosecuted a business that was used as a launching
ground for a DDOS attack or any other type of hacking activity? What does
it take for a small business to fulfill the "due diligence" required by a
court of law anyway. A LynkSys isn't exactly equivalent to a Sidewinder or
even a PIX for that matter but it is used by many small businesses with
DSL. Unless the law requires all Internet connections to have
firewalls/virus detection/intrusion detection/strong authentication/ect. it
is perfectly legitimate for a small business to not have a secure network
that they do not need nor can they afford to pay for as long as they don't
have confidential material like personal information on customers on those
systems.
Regards,
Jeffery Gieser
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