Hackers Targeting Home Computers

[Eugene Leitl]

On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Hack Hawk wrote:

> It surprises me that providers like Earthlink & GTE (I have one DSL on
> each) aren't taking measures to filter out virus traffic from infected
> systems.  It seems a simple enough task to me.

A *very* bad idea. First, the traffic doesn't bother me, personally. In
fact, it creates a need to use more diverse, and more secure systems.

Secondly, building realtime pattern recognition and traffic blocking
capability is something certainly to be abused in future.





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