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> consider that ISPs have lots of money and they actually could reduce DOS attacks; why not hold them responsible? You could hold ISPs liable, and they would b
by username223 9y ago
> consider that ISPs have lots of money and they actually could reduce DOS attacks; why not hold them responsible?
You could hold ISPs liable, and they would block untrusted IoT garbage at the network level. Or you could hold IoT garbage producers liable, and they would make security changes and/or pay ISPs to do some firewalling. Either way, the costs and results will probably turn out about the same.
The best solution, of course, would be having fewer things uselessly connected to the internet.
- jessaustin 9y agoYes the best solution would be if the world were perfect. How on earth is a civilized society going to keep "useless" devices off the internet? Who gets to decide what is useless? For example, medical devices are notoriously insecure: what politician is actually going to get behind an effort to make Grandma's life more inconvenient and also shorter just to satisfy some nerds' idea of a perfect internet? The nerds on HN disappoint. When faced with a hard problem, instead of doing the hard work to fix it, they want to involve the lawyers...