On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Folken wrote: > And they'll probably scream for port filtering at provider level.
Well, why not? (This is a serious question, I don't know if it's actually possible or financially sustainable.) (I have to add here that I didn't see the Kassensturz broadcasting) What if providers would block access from the outside to the ports most often used by viri, worms, script kiddies and spammers? Wouldn't that help to stop many of the problems we (users) currently have (viri and spammers abusing "open" home machines)? Of course it's important to remember the following two points: - Transparency: it should be very clearly stated *what* is blocked. - Openness: customers have the choice to turn off (or reconfigure) the filtering. With such a setup, the customers which don't know anything about the internet would be at least somewhat safer (depending on the implementation of the filtering), while the power users (which are able to maintain their machines) could have full internet access without filtering. I would be much interested in your opinions on that topic, since we from SIUG (Swiss Internet User Group [1]) might soon have the opportunity to write about the Spam-problem in the "Infosociety Newsletter". Of course we are interested in background information and real experience from swiss ISPs. Regards, Felix [1] http://www.siug.ch/ -- Felix Rauch, research assistant at laboratory for computersystems, ETH Zuerich http://www.nice.ch/~felix/ Member of Swiss Internet User Group: www.siug.ch This article contains my personal view only! Use of my addresses for marketing purposes is hereby strictly prohibited according to swiss privacy laws. ---------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maillist-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/swinog%40swinog.ch/
