[AusNOG] DDOS mitigation

[Dobbins, Roland]

On May 12, 2013, at 4:35 PM, Matt Palmer wrote:

> It's a nice idea to be sure, but a provider with a bunch of compromised wordpress instances is unlikely to be impacted sufficiently to need to claim
> on their insurance scheme.

The point is that they'll need to periodically perform scanning and present a clean bill of health in order to a) obtain and b) retain their various required levels/types of business insurance, nothing to do with claims related to compromised WordPress sites.

Although when the first few successful lawsuits roll in based upon the doctrine of attractive nuisance, those payouts may well become a factor, as well.

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