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Australian ISPs are implementing a system where, if your connection is detected as being infected by a zombie, you're put in to a 'walled garden' where you have limited internet connectivity or throttled bandwidth until your computer is remediated. They can detect certain types of traffic that shouldn't normally be coming from a workstation, or a flood of email, or other things. Finally the US is taking notice and talking about implementing such code.
About bloody time. It will be interesting to see how much spam email traffic drops once this is widely adopted.
We've had the technology. Cisco has had software that's done something like this for years, when you try to connect to one of their protected networks it will inspect your computer for current anti-virus and updates, and if it doesn't have them, it'll put you in the walled garden where you can only update your computer, and you're kept there until you're updated.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/us-interested-in-aussie-zombie-code-339304063.htm
This second article about the Australian zombie code has a curious statement. The code will remain voluntary for ISPs to adopt. and The code is to be implemented by ISPs before December. So is it voluntary or mandatory?
But I really like this quote: Asked today what internet users could do if they didn't want to act on protecting themselves if they were quarantined and put into a walled garden, Coroneos said that the time had come for internet users to be responsible for their actions online.
"I'm sure there are people around that resent having to put new tyres on their car when they're unroadworthy, or have their breaks done," Coroneos said. "But the reality is that we have argued that internet users have a responsibility not only to themselves, but also to other users on the internet."
Having your computer fixed was "no different" than when your washing machine broke down, according to Coroneos. "You've got to call someone in to fix it," he said. "You don't like paying the money, unless you can do it yourself, and many users will be able to do this themselves."
http://www.zdnet.com.au/new-zombie-code-in-effect-by-december-339303681.htm
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/06/26/0253250/US-Shows-Interest-In-Zombie-Quarantine-Code
I really like this idea, but I wonder how many ISPs have Terms of Service that state that they can limit your connection if your computer is compromised by a virus or trojan.
About bloody time. It will be interesting to see how much spam email traffic drops once this is widely adopted.
We've had the technology. Cisco has had software that's done something like this for years, when you try to connect to one of their protected networks it will inspect your computer for current anti-virus and updates, and if it doesn't have them, it'll put you in the walled garden where you can only update your computer, and you're kept there until you're updated.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/us-interested-in-aussie-zombie-code-339304063.htm
This second article about the Australian zombie code has a curious statement. The code will remain voluntary for ISPs to adopt. and The code is to be implemented by ISPs before December. So is it voluntary or mandatory?
But I really like this quote: Asked today what internet users could do if they didn't want to act on protecting themselves if they were quarantined and put into a walled garden, Coroneos said that the time had come for internet users to be responsible for their actions online.
"I'm sure there are people around that resent having to put new tyres on their car when they're unroadworthy, or have their breaks done," Coroneos said. "But the reality is that we have argued that internet users have a responsibility not only to themselves, but also to other users on the internet."
Having your computer fixed was "no different" than when your washing machine broke down, according to Coroneos. "You've got to call someone in to fix it," he said. "You don't like paying the money, unless you can do it yourself, and many users will be able to do this themselves."
http://www.zdnet.com.au/new-zombie-code-in-effect-by-december-339303681.htm
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/06/26/0253250/US-Shows-Interest-In-Zombie-Quarantine-Code
I really like this idea, but I wonder how many ISPs have Terms of Service that state that they can limit your connection if your computer is compromised by a virus or trojan.
