16 Jul
2010
16 Jul
'10
2:42 p.m.
On Thursday, July 15, 2010 02:40:50 pm Michael Holstein wrote:
Why is it that network operators can't work together on instances like this and have a "botnet killswitch"
Trust (or lack thereof).
That's certainly one of the biggest non-technical reasons. Others go by the acronyms NIH and NIMBY. But to me it boils down to some hard questions: what is a botnet, who gets to make that definition, what is a killswitch, and who is allowed to push it? I'm sure the collective wisdom here is capable of pulling the task off at least in theory; the hard part would be deciding whether to do it in hardware or software....