[AusNOG] Telstra manipulating DNS to block botnets

[Barrie Hall]

On 15Jun12, Rod Veith allegedly wrote:
> > I don't like the idea of protecting customers from themselves. We are
> not a
> > nanny state and I don't want to live in one. People have to learn to take
>
> I'm not so sure it's nannying; more that consumers have an expectation
> that when they get a PC and an Internet connection they should "just
> work".
>
> Just as people don't check the oil in their cars (heck, some cars
> don't even come with a dip-stick anymore), nor do they care to meddle
> under the hood of their PC/tablet/Internet connection.
>
> And frankly, in 2012, that's not an unreasonable expectation.
>
> If anything the OS vendors should be held to account for selling
> products that are so vulnerable that they need constant maintenance
> and the purchase of expensive adds-ons to keep them working
> properly. Something they don't mention in their ads or fine-print.
>
> Just because OS Vendors have thus far managed to externalize the cost
> of their product faults doesn't mean that the burden should fall on
> consumers to pick up these costs. Nor should it fall on ISPs of
> course...
>
>
Managing and ensuring the quality and timeliness of the poisoning data is
the *big issue* with this technology but we are seeing very good results
now.

Barrie
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