Perhaps a government operated black-hole list, run by same friendly folks that run the no-fly list, with a law that says no US ISP can send packets to or accept packets from any IP on the list. Now that would be some real fun to watch! :)
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Dave Rand <d...@bungi.com> wrote: > [In the message entitled "Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers" > on Jun 8, 14:30, Brielle Bruns writes:] > > > > Legit customers get caught in the cross-fire, and they suffer - but at > > the same time, those legit customers are the only ones that will be able > > to force a change on said provider. > > > > They contact us, and act all innocent, and tell people we're being > > unreasonable, neglecting to tell people at the same time that the > > 'unreasonable' DNSbl maintainer only wants for them to do a simple task > > that thousands of other providers and administrators have done before. > > > > > I'm somewhat familiar with the concept :-) > > But yes, this indeed is currently the only effective way to cause change > at the ISP level. Ferg is very correct in that Change Is Coming at > the goverment level. That is the wrong place for it to happen, but it > will also be very effective. > > I'm hopeful that more networks will take it upon themselves to make it > happen > before it is forced on them. > > > -- > >
