zotob - blocking tcp/445

Tue Aug 16 08:15:34 UTC 2005

> If ISPs really wanted to make the Internet better for Corporate America,
> I guess they'd unplug most of Asia...not block a port here and there
> (but that isn't exactly acceptable).

If I (working for an ISP in Norway) wanted to make the Internet better
for my customers, I'd unplug lots of U.S. sites - because that's where
most of the spam (and the products the spam advertises) comes from.

The problem is in the eye of the beholder.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no