Re: EC2 and GAE means end of ip address reputation industry? (Re:

Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu writes:

One could argue that the "botnets for rent" business model is in more widespread use than either EC2 or gridserver...

I'm unclear whether that statement needs a smiley or not...

i'd say that since EC2 won't be shut down when it's found out about, that you need a smiley. "widespread use" is too narrow a term. none of us expects white-hat e-commerce business to move into rented botnets, and rented botnets aren't all going to be in the same address space or ASN. -- Paul Vixie