Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility

2009-10-09 Thread Michael Painter
Lee wrote: If an ISP is involved with tracking down DDOS participants or something, I can understand how they'd know a system was compromised. But any kind of blocking because the ISP sees 'anomalous' traffic seems .. premature at best. SANS newsbites has this bit: On Thursday, October 8, Comca

RE: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility

2009-10-09 Thread Skywing
Original Message- From: Lee Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 19:41 To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility On 10/9/09, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 06:25:53AM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote: >> Additionally the problems of DDOS

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility

2009-10-09 Thread Lee
On 10/9/09, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 06:25:53AM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote: >> Additionally the problems of DDOS sourced from a collection of >> compromised hosts could be interfering with someone else's ability >> to make a successful VOIP call. > > Much more than that: they c

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility

2009-10-09 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 06:25:53AM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote: > Additionally the problems of DDOS sourced from a collection of > compromised hosts could be interfering with someone else's ability > to make a successful VOIP call. Much more than that: they could be interfering with the underlying

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for botted clients

2009-10-08 Thread Michael Painter
Gadi Evron wrote: [snip] This will be an interesting phenomenon to watch. If it is successful perhaps it could work here too." Comcast is launching a trial on Thursday of a new automated service that will warn broadband customers of possible virus infections, if the computers are behaving as i

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients

2009-10-08 Thread Peter Beckman
Looks like ISP-to-customer notification of possible infection is starting on Comcast in the US now. http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10370996-245.html --- Peter Beckman Inter

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility

2009-10-07 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From nanog-bounces+bonomi=mail.r-bonomi@nanog.org Wed Oct 7 06:18:24 > 2009 > Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:17:57 +0700 > From: Dave Temkin > To: Alexander Harrowell > Subject: Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > > Alexan

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility

2009-10-07 Thread Joe Greco
> On Oct 6, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Joe Greco wrote: > >> 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. > > > > I realize that many NANOG'ers don't act

Re: Up Next: Quarantine Phishing (Was: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients)

2009-10-07 Thread Sean Donelan
On Tue, 6 Oct 2009, Jeroen Massar wrote: The problem with all of that boils down to what people have to believe... and how to properly inform them of that... How many people remember this oldie, but goodie? 3.3.2.1.1 Trusted Path The TCB shall support a trusted communication path between

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility

2009-10-07 Thread Owen DeLong
On Oct 6, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Joe Greco wrote: 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. I realize that many NANOG'ers don't actually use the technologi

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility

2009-10-07 Thread Dave Temkin
Alexander Harrowell wrote: On Wednesday 07 October 2009 00:27:55 Joe Greco wrote: Assuming that the existence of an infected PC in the mix translates to some sort of inability to make a 911 call correctly is, however, simply irresponsible, and at some point, is probably asking for trouble.

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility

2009-10-07 Thread Alexander Harrowell
On Wednesday 07 October 2009 00:27:55 Joe Greco wrote: > Assuming that the existence of an infected PC in the mix translates to > some sort of inability to make a 911 call correctly is, however, simply > irresponsible, and at some point, is probably asking for trouble. > > ... JG Also, someone me

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility

2009-10-06 Thread Joe Greco
> 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. I realize that many NANOG'ers don't actually use the technologies that we talk about, so I'm just goi

RE: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients

2009-10-06 Thread Robert Bonomi
> > > -Original Message- > > From: Eugeniu Patrascu [mailto:eu...@imacandi.net] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 4:20 AM > > To: Gadi Evron > > Cc: NANOG > > Subject: Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for > bottedclients

Up Next: Quarantine Phishing (Was: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients)

2009-10-06 Thread Jeroen Massar
mark [at] edgewire wrote: > 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 c

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients

2009-10-06 Thread Barry Shein
Re: VOIP, 911, bots Shape their bandwidth down to the minimum required to make a 911 call, around 64Kbps, and capture their web accesses. -- -Barry Shein The World | b...@theworld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 800-THE-WRLD|

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients

2009-10-06 Thread mark [at] edgewire
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

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients

2009-10-06 Thread Owen DeLong
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 undesira

RE: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients

2009-10-06 Thread lee
> -Original Message- > From: Eugeniu Patrascu [mailto:eu...@imacandi.net] > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 4:20 AM > To: Gadi Evron > Cc: NANOG > Subject: Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients . > > > I think the need for som

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients

2009-10-06 Thread Gadi Evron
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 b

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients

2009-10-06 Thread Eugeniu Patrascu
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 expens

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for botted clients

2009-10-05 Thread Nathan Ward
On 6/10/2009, at 3:04 AM, Justin Shore wrote: Gadi Evron wrote: Apparently, marketing departments like the idea of being able to send customers that need to pay them to a walled garden. It also saves on tech support costs. Security being the main winner isn't the main supporter of the idea

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients

2009-10-05 Thread Wayne E. Bouchard
On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 03:55:02PM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote: > > On Oct 5, 2009, at 11:23 AM, Barry Shein wrote: > > > > >Perhaps someone has said this but a potential implementation problem > >in the US are anti-trust regulations. Sure, they may come around to > >seeing it your way since the int

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients

2009-10-05 Thread Owen DeLong
On Oct 5, 2009, at 11:23 AM, Barry Shein wrote: Perhaps someone has said this but a potential implementation problem in the US are anti-trust regulations. Sure, they may come around to seeing it your way since the intent is so good but then again "we all decided to get together and blacklist c

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients

2009-10-05 Thread Barry Shein
Perhaps someone has said this but a potential implementation problem in the US are anti-trust regulations. Sure, they may come around to seeing it your way since the intent is so good but then again "we all decided to get together and blacklist customers who..." is not a great elevator pitch to an

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for botted clients

2009-10-05 Thread Leigh Porter
Justin Shore wrote: > Gadi Evron wrote: >> Apparently, marketing departments like the idea of being able to send >> customers that need to pay them to a walled garden. It also saves on >> tech support costs. Security being the main winner isn't the main >> supporter of the idea at some places. > >

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for botted clients

2009-10-05 Thread Justin Shore
Gadi Evron wrote: Apparently, marketing departments like the idea of being able to send customers that need to pay them to a walled garden. It also saves on tech support costs. Security being the main winner isn't the main supporter of the idea at some places. I would love to do this both for

RE: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for botted clients

2009-10-05 Thread Lee Howard
> -Original Message- > From: Christopher Morrow [mailto:morrowc.li...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 4:04 PM > To: Peter Beckman > Cc: NANOG > Subject: Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for botted clients > > On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 a

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients

2009-10-05 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 08:07:00PM -0400, Barton F Bruce wrote: >> Exactly correct. The number one priority, which trumps all others, >> is making the abuse stop. Yes, there are many other things that can >> and should be done, but that's the first one. > > Stopping the abuse is fine, but cutting

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients

2009-10-05 Thread Nils Kolstein
> > Exactly correct. The number one priority, which trumps all others, > > is making the abuse stop. Yes, there are many other things that > can > > and should be done, but that's the first one. > > Stopping the abuse is fine, but cutting service to the point that a > family > using VOIP only fo

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients

2009-10-04 Thread Gadi Evron
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 legitima

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients

2009-10-04 Thread Barton F Bruce
Exactly correct. The number one priority, which trumps all others, is making the abuse stop. Yes, there are many other things that can and should be done, but that's the first one. Stopping the abuse is fine, but cutting service to the point that a family using VOIP only for their phone ser

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for botted clients

2009-10-04 Thread Gadi Evron
Christopher Morrow wrote: I would also point out that Qwest does this walled-garden approach for their customers (have been for at least 5 years now? d...@qwest could clarify) and they've seen success with it. Aliant in .ca also has some fairly aggressive anti-malware works installed. There are

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for botted clients

2009-10-04 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Peter Beckman wrote: >  service being cut off.  However it is ignorance and lack of maintenance >  that makes viruses and botnets so prevelant that it may just be time to >  bite the bullet and force users to learn how to maintain their machines. because this work

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for botted clients

2009-10-04 Thread Peter Beckman
On Sun, 4 Oct 2009, Owen DeLong wrote: * Provide a short period of time (3 days) after notification and before disconnect to give an opportunity to fix the issue without service interruption Uh... Here I differ. The rest of the internet should put up with the abuse flowing out of yo

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for botted clients

2009-10-04 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 04:33:43AM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote: > Uh... Here I differ. The rest of the internet should put up with > the abuse flowing out of your network for 3 days to avoid disruption > to you? Why? Sorry, if you have a customer who is sourcing malicious > activity, whether intent

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for botted clients

2009-10-04 Thread Owen DeLong
On Oct 3, 2009, at 3:18 PM, Peter Beckman wrote: On Sat, 3 Oct 2009, Gadi Evron wrote: The story is covered by PC mag: Thanks for the article Gadi. Honestly, I wish both my personal ISP and one of my business ISPs would do this. Though I have the technical ability to monitor my outgoin

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for botted clients

2009-10-04 Thread Raymond Dijkxhoorn
Hi! A major reason ISPs are hesitant to take deliberate measures against such systems is that they are afraid that disconnecting users and making them spend time and money cleaning up their systems will only drive them into the hands of competitors. And the support process itself is expensive,

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients

2009-10-04 Thread Raymond Dijkxhoorn
Hi! Sounds great but who cover the costs? If done right, such a treaty here in the US and elsewhere thing would be a major win for the Internet. The ISP's will pick up the costs. A cleaner customer base is also a win for them. First implementations wont be next week however but the sta

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients

2009-10-03 Thread deleskie
Sounds great but who cover the costs? --Original Message-- From: Peter Beckman To: Gadi Evron Cc: NANOG Subject: Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients Sent: Oct 3, 2009 7:18 PM On Sat, 3 Oct 2009, Gadi Evron wrote: > The story is covered by PC

Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for botted clients

2009-10-03 Thread Peter Beckman
On Sat, 3 Oct 2009, Gadi Evron wrote: The story is covered by PC mag: Thanks for the article Gadi. Honestly, I wish both my personal ISP and one of my business ISPs would do this. Though I have the technical ability to monitor my outgoing connections for such things, it's not a trivial t

Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for botted clients

2009-10-03 Thread Gadi Evron
The story is covered by PC mag: --- ... major Dutch ISPs have agreed to share information and establish a common set of rules for responding to users infected with malware, especially those in botnets. The agreement, called a "treaty" by locals, involves 14 ISPs covering 98% of the market.