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If they are residential or business IPs, it would be nice for the ISPs to let them know something on their local network is part of a massive botnet.
by ssharp 10y ago
If they are residential or business IPs, it would be nice for the ISPs to let them know something on their local network is part of a massive botnet.
- mirimir 10y agoThat makes sense to me.
- lilott8 10y agowhy would they? I mean with how they are charging by the GB these days, it gives them financial incentive to not tell you your refrigerator (or any device) is part of a botnet, that's free money for them.
- totalZero 10y agoAssuming you mean this seriously and not just as a tongue-in-cheek dig at internet carriers... Even if every refrigerator were on a pay-as-you-go plan, handling all of the data may ruin throughput for other customers, especially at peak usage.