> > line ~220) looks like this - see below. No bouncing, no quarantines, just > > action_discard. For ALL the viruses/worms. That's it! > > Well, in most countries this is however illegal.
I think common sense and a lack of case law on this would prevail and would urge all ISP and administrators to black hole virus notifications. The notifications are as bad or worse in many cases. I've never had a user complain and I cannot see a judge ever enforcing these rules. In fact, can anyone point to a single case ever brought against any ISP in any country over blocking virii? Can anyone find me an expert computer witness who will testify that virus scanners aren't needed besides DFS and his all-linux shop ;-) ? These laws will end up seeming arcane and left on the books untested in 200 years is my prediction or they'll be enforced only for SPAM. SPAM is in the eye of the beholder and there is a lot of money behind it. I can see some countersuits from SPAMMERS getting through in some countries. And that's why we recommend ONLY tagging spam and never quarantining or redirecting or bouncing SPAM. Furthermore, negligently allowing boxes to be infected is an area I believe someone could sue over. I have battled successfully to have infected machines removed from the internet (during codered) because they were on the same LAN segment at the Colo and they were taking down the boxes with a "direct" connection without even having to go through an MCI router. If a denial of service worm is installed on your companies equipment, are you liable even as an accessory for not disconnecting the machines from the internet if they are used in a DoS attack? Regards, KAM _______________________________________________ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.canit.ca MIMEDefang mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
