How should ISPs notify customers about Bots (Was Re: DNS Hijacking

Mon Jul 23 20:49:07 UTC 2007

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007, Joe Greco wrote:
>> Please enlighten me.
>
> Intercept and inspect IRC packets.  If they join a botnet channel, turn on
> a flag in the user's account.  Place them in a garden (no IRC, no nothing,
> except McAfee or your favorite AV/patch set).

Wow, you are recommending ISPs wiretap their subscribers.

I suspect some privacy advocates will be upset with ISPs doing that.