Monthly Archives: November 2009

When bad policy attacks

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Maxim Weinstein

Brian Krebs at the Washington Post reports on some ill-advised proposed legislation: The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee introduced legislation on Tuesday to prohibit the use of peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing software across all federal government computers … Continue reading →

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Larry Clinton: Government must change market incentives

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Maxim Weinstein

According to Wired‘s Threat Level blog, the president of the Internet Security Alliance, Larry Clinton, blames many cyber security problems on individuals and businesses failing to take responsibility for the role they could/should play: Larry Clinton, president of the Internet … Continue reading →

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ISPs and the fight against bots

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Maxim Weinstein

For the last several months, some of the folks at Comcast have been working on a draft IETF document to inform ISPs about the role they can play in remediating bots on their customers’ computers. This is a tricky challenge: … Continue reading →

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