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Date: Sun Jan 20 2008 - 18:55:55 EST
> Yes there are P2P pigs out there but a more
> common scenario is the canonical "Little Old Lady in a Pink Sweater"
> with a compromised box which is sending spam at a great rate.
> Should
> she pay the $500 bill when it arrives or would a more prudent
> and rational approach be like some universities do.
So, does usage-based pricing come along with some kind of
legal liability if the provider does not keep their network
botnet-free? After all, by encouraging botnets (meaning by
understaffing security and abuse desks) they are actually
artificially pumping up their bottom line.
The flip-side of this is how many people would be happy to
switch to usage-based pricing if they felt that doing so
increased the overall security of the Internet, and reduced
their personal risk of being victims of fraud and identity
theft?
--Michael Dillon
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