p.s. McColo's upstream providers are completely within their rights to terminate connectivity if they feel that they have violated their contractual terms of service.

Indeed. I also want to nominate fergdawg for the NANOG Order of Merit for getting the phrase "purge the badness" into the LA Times. "People thought the first community-source effort was a fluke," Ferguson said. "Now they see with McColo, it's not a fluke. The community can police its own backyard and purge the badness." http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-spam14-2008nov14,0,1012756.story cheers fh PS Spam counts on my own incoming mail are down about 70% right now. Enjoy the moment while we can ... -----------------

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On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Kee Hinckley <nazgul@somewhere.com> wrote:

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After reading this, and the (Washington Post I believe--I'm away from my laptop right now) article on this, two things are bothering me.

The article expressed a good deal of frustration with the (lack of) speed with which law enforcement has been tackling these issues. What wasn't clear was whether any attempt had been made to involve them prior to the shutdown.

Don't assume what you don't know. :-)

- - ferg

p.s. McColo's upstream providers are completely within their rights to terminate connectivity if they feel that they have violated their contractual terms of service.

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