[AusNOG] Softlayer tech pls contact re brute force from your network

[Paul Wilkins]

*Or am I just being a stick-in-the-mud old-skewl fart?*
Ross,
Not at all.

In fact, the Telecommunications Sector Security Reform bill is slowly
wending its way into legislation.

https://www.ag.gov.au/telcosecurity

I'm not sure exactly what "establishing a security obligation, applicable
to all C/CSPs requiring them to do their best to protect their networks
from unauthorised access and interference" will mean in practice, but the
point is, there will be an obligation to "do your best". The terminology
strikes me as odd though, because I thought we already did our best, that's
how we get to keep our jobs.

Kind regards

Paul Wilkins



On 6 December 2016 at 14:41, Ross Wheeler <ausnog at rossw.net> wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, 5 Dec 2016, Scott Howard wrote:
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> http://www.fail2ban.org/
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>>  Scott
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>
> Blocking at the destination is a quick way to reduce the impact, but it
> still consumes resources, wastes bandwidth and leaves the original host
> (the source of the problem) un-addressed.
>
> If the box has been compromised, I'm sure the owner would like to know.
> If the owner is using it for questionable or illegal activity, I'd expect
> the hosting provider would like to know about it and take action.
>
> A firewall rule at (a singular) endpoint might be the current "least
> effort" way of addressing network problems, but imagine if everyone did
> their job and kept their particular corner of the internet tidy, how much
> easier it'd be for us all?
>
> Or am I just being a stick-in-the-mud old-skewl fart?
>
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