Automatic shutdown of infected network connections

Wed Sep 3 15:06:12 UTC 2003

On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 10:49:24AM -0400, George Capehart wrote:
> On Wednesday 03 September 2003 08:20 am, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 07:39:17AM -0500, Matthew S. Hallacy wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > > Besides, have you ever tried updating an XP system at 56k? It could
> > > literally take days.
> >
> > You may have a point there.
> 
> More to the point, why would one subscribe to a cable service to get 
> only 56k when they could get better rates from another cable provider 
> or DSL?  Defeats the purpose of subscribing to a broadband service.  
> Your customers who want high speed service would most likely change 
> providers . . .
> 
> My $0.02.  I *like* my 250k connection . . .  ;-)

Perhaps you missed the part where Jonathan said this is a config for
customers whose machine has been infected by the virus du jour.  The
conscientious customer gets something quite a bit better than 56k :-)

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