Broadband ISPs Shouldn't Knock Down Firewalls

Broadband ISPs Shouldn't Knock Down Firewalls
Alex Salkever, Business Week 2001-11-20

Citing finicky configuration problems, the major high-speed providers discourage their use -- a backward and dangerous policy

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Broadband ISPs Shouldn't Knock Down Firewalls 2001-11-20
Anonymous

Broadband ISPs vs. the GreyMatter Challenged 2001-11-21
Mnemonic Method (6 replies)

Broadband ISPs vs. the GreyMatter Challenged 2001-11-21
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Broadband ISPs vs. the GreyMatter Challenged 2001-11-21
Anonymous

Putting Liability in the Right Place RE:Broadband ISPs vs. the GreyMatter Challenged 2001-11-21
Joel Peach (jpeach[AT]traceris[DOT]com)

Sure, ISPs may not currently be accountable for the poor security at the end of their "pipes", and this is problematic for many of the reasons described by Ross Anderson (see "Why Information Security is Hard -- An Economic Perspective" http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/ftp/users/rja14/econ.pdf). If the financial damage of DDoS attacks continues to escalate, you can rest assured that the powers that be will be looking for someone to bear the liability. And because you can't squeeze blood from a turnip, let alone the 1,000s of users being used to launch these attackes, legislation will target the fatted calf: The Broadband ISPs. ISP support of firewalls is not only the responsible thing to do, it's inevitable as well.

I'll be watching all of the action as it unfolds,from a bunker well behind my own personal firewall.

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Broadband ISPs vs. the GreyMatter Challenged 2001-11-22
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Broadband ISPs vs. the GreyMatter Challenged 2001-11-22
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