__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Sunday 05 November 2006 05:14 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Doug Mentohl <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> "Websense introduced its latest malware detection technology on Oct.
>> 31 .. By utilizing a vast network of data mining machines, along with
>> some 100 proprietary processes based on a combination of mathematical
>> algorithms, behavior profiling and code analysis .. the technology can
>> identify zero day threats and other attacks before they show up on
>> corporate networks."
>>
>>
http://www.extremenano.com/article/Websense+Launches+New+Threat+Prevention+Tool/192825_1.aspx
>
> This kind of approach could provide a useful route to network protection
> in the future, although the most urgent and important thing is to get
> Windows off the internet!
Definitely. One of my site got clogged up at 2AM last night. That Windows
zombies spewage overfilled my account, which soon exceeded its quota. I
don't know if mail was merely queued or even bounced (READ: lost). I will
not need to pay in order to prevent this from happening again. I don't touch
Windows and yet it's costing us all a lot of money. And I mean, _directly_,
not through taxation (e.g. BBC, NHS).
This whole SPAM issue (Windows zombies to blame) is increasing at non-linear
rates. It seems to double in volume every couple of months. The big iron
servers are paralysed for like 15 minutes (load average at about 10)
whenever I run my filters. It's unacceptable from many perspectives and we
shouldn't just accept it as a necessary and inevitable malice.
Best wishes,
Roy
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