Lazy network operators - NOT

Mike Jezierski - BOFH bofh at digitalfarmers.org
Sun Apr 18 09:06:59 UTC 2004


>
>So-called "broadband" user populations (cable, dsl, fixed wireless, mobile
>wireless) are full time connected, or nearly so.  They are technically
>unsophisticated, on average.  The platforms they run trade convenience for
>security, and must do so in order to remain competitive/relevant.  Margin
>pressure makes it impossible for most "broadband" service providers to even
>catalogue known-defect customer systems or process complaints about them.
>
>Those facts are not in dispute.  And so, today, I began rejecting all e-mail
>from all roadrunner, attbi, interbusiness.it, comcast, and rogers customers.
>And as I discover the next several thousand /16's which contain this kind
>of user community I will reject their e-mail also.  MAPS DUL doesn't go
>nearly far enough, nor do any of its lookalikes, not even SORBS DUHL.
>
>MAPS or SORBS or somebody needs to set up a "BBL" (broad band list) which is
>just a list of "broadband" customer netblocks, with no moral/value judgement
>expressed or implied.  If it's complete and updated frequently, I'd pay for
>a feed because of all the work it would save me personally and in my dayjob.
>(Apropos of JCurran's comments above, it wouldn't matter if netblocks on this
>"BBL" disabled outbound TCP/25, or not, so, they probably just wouldn't, but,
>they probably aren't going to, no matter whether a "BBL" exists or not.)
>
>The new motto here is: "Blackhole 'em all and let market forces sort 'em out."
>--
>Paul Vixie

As a current subscriber of Road Runner (not by choice - only other 
option is DSL from Screwed By Cowboys) - I think blame is being 
placed in the wrong area. These zombies are all what OS?? Oh yes the 
group of idiots based in Redmond, WA. That is where the true problem 
lies. Fix the damned operating system Micro$haft. If there was a 
blackhole list to block all Windows lUsers it would be more effective 
- granted that would also reduce email down to about 10% of the 
computing population.

No zombies on my Macintosh regards.....

-- 
Michael Jezierski
BOFH - Chief LARTer - Slayer of Spam[mers]
Master of the Clue-By-Four



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