FCC Chair Calls On ISPs To Adopt New Security Measures 110
alphadogg writes "U.S. Internet service providers should take new steps to protect subscribers against cyber attacks, including notifying customers when their computers are compromised, the chairman of the FCC said Wednesday. Julius Genachowski called on ISPs to notify subscribers whose computers are infected with malware and tied to a botnet and to develop a code of conduct to combat botnets. Genachowski also called on ISPs to adopt secure routing standards to protect against Internet Protocol hijacking and to implement DNSSEC, a suite of security tools for the Internet's Domain Name System."
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Re:How would they know you have a virus (Score:4, Informative)
My brother's windows 7 box started running slow two weeks ago, but other than that there was no sign of a problem. He attributed it to ageing hardware and kept it on. Within 24 hours the ISP called him and told him he had a serious malware infection. They sent him an exe (apparantly they knew exactly what was wrong), and it fixed it perfectly.
This shocked me, because usually I love to hate the local ISP, but you have to admit, that is some good service. So I guess I would draw the line at being able to identify a specific problem. If it is just suspicious traffic patterns, innocent until proven guilty.