The end problem is still users and really, these users will click on anything that has a bright and shiny button which says, Ok. Really, does setting up a portal help? Perhaps a "sandboxed" area which has some information on securing their machine and keeping it clean may be the way to go but how much more of a resource will it chew up? Best regards, Mark On 06-Oct-2009, at 11:56 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:
On Oct 6, 2009, at 1:20 AM, Eugeniu Patrascu wrote:
Gadi Evron wrote:
Barton F Bruce wrote:
Stopping the abuse is fine, but cutting service to the point that a family using VOIP only for their phone service can't call 911 and several children burn to death could bring all sorts of undesirable regulation let alone the bad press and legal expenses.
While a legitimate concern it's also a red herring, as it's a technical problem looking for a technical solution.
Gadi.
I think the need for someone being able to call 911 from their VoIP outweighs your right to claim that they should be disconnected from the Internet.
Besides, if that provider wants to help out, he might setup a captive portal or something with information regarding tools to clean their computer.
I disagree... Distributed Denials of Service have gotten to the point where they can actually endanger lives. Think about this... In order to be able to make your 911 VOIP call, the VOIP provider has to be able to process your call. The system that is getting disconnected because it is an active source of abuse may be one of many participating in a DOS against someone elses 911 VOIP provider. Removing them from the internet could be saving more lives than it risks.
Someone else pointed out that if the system in question has been botted/owned/pwn3d/whatever you want to call it, then, you can't guarantee it would make the 911 call correctly anyway.
Owen