Indeed! Also interesting is the HostExploit document on McColo. Even though very technical, it contains enough food for thought for the non-technical readers as well: http://hostexploit.com/downloads/Hostexploit%20Cyber%20Crime%20USA%20v%202.0... I am sure Jart will not mind me quoting certain parts:
As consumers and users of the global network we are being marginalized. Just this past week Knujon's Dr. Robert Bruen traveled to an ICANN meeting to speak on behalf of us and the consumer but was told that his voice was unwanted.
By leaving cyber criminals undisturbed to observe them also ensures many ordinary Internet users are still vulnerable to loss. Even one victim is our responsibility if we know the problem. Further the cyber criminals get richer and can use that funding for further badness or even purchase or influence Internet infrastructure by corruption.
Derek Patrick Vande Walle wrote:
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:54:35 -0500, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> wrote:
For those who may not have seen the reports, yesterday one web hosting service in California was largely cut off, resulting in an apparent 2/3 reduction in spam worldwide. No doubt they will relocate elsewhere quickly, but it is impressive nonetheless.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/11/spam_volumes_drop_by_23...
or do a Google News search for "McColo".
The drop was very limited in time apparently, mostly because these botnets have redundancy built-in. These spammers run businesses, they cannot afford downtime.
For a fascinating explanation of how this works, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srizbi_botnet
Patrick
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