Come on, you aren't thinking gov't-enough. "BASIC" broadband access will be a SSH/web-only proxy with firewalling/antivirus/etc capability. That whole pesky HTTP/1.0 problem was solved a long time ago. Maybe you don't even get your own IP anymore -- and you have to access your email through their web portal too. This also qualifies you as net-neutral in that everyone gets the same poor service. Only content providers that sign an agreement to be free of virii and malware (with an appropriate "inspection/sanitization" charge will be let through... e.g. Netflix or whomever) -- this way, you aren't being made to differentiate between bits, you are being made to ensure national security.
"BUSINESS" broadband access might give you a real IP, allow you to torrent, but you sign a piece of paper that authorizes them to charge you if you get infected, or better yet, a maintenance plan of a $24.95/month on top of your service to make sure you don't get infected with a remotely managed firewall/router or whatever will meet the definition of the regulation. This can be solved so fast it'll make your head spin. Build a big proxy "cloud", send everyone 60 days notice once the regulation comes in effect, on day 61 throw the switch. Day 62, collect orders for the upgraded service. *PROFIT* My only shock is that Washington isn't leading Canberra on this, with an even faster timeline than the one above. Deepak > -----Original Message----- > From: Joel Jaeggli [mailto:joe...@bogus.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 2:58 PM > To: Gadi Evron > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: Recommendation in Australia for ISPs to force user > security? > > not sure how they propose to enforce that, instrumentation approaches > that look inside the home gateway have a non-trivial falsh positive > rate > and you've got a lot more hosts than ip addresses. > > On 06/22/2010 11:30 AM, Gadi Evron wrote: > > http://www.zdnet.com.au/make-zombie-code-mandatory-govt-report- > 339304001.htm > > > > > > "A government report into cybercrime has recommended that internet > > service providers (ISPs) force customers to use antivirus and > firewall > > software or risk being disconnected. > > security > > > > Committee chair Belinda Neal said in her introduction to the 262-page > > report titled "Hackers, Fraudsters and Botnets: Tackling the Problem > of > > Cyber Crime" that due to the exponential growth of malware and other > > forms of cybercrime in recent years, "the expectation that end users > > should or can bear the sole responsibility for their own personal > online > > security is no longer a tenable proposition". > > > > "We need to apply the same energy and commitment given to national > > security and the protection of critical infrastructure to the > cybercrime > > threats that impact on society more generally," she said." > >
