Secure Your PC or Lose the Net.

[Shax]

An interesting article in today's Sydney Morning Herald...

QUOTE "Australians would be unable to access the internet without having anti-virus and firewall programs installed and a virus-free machine under a new plan put forward by a year-long parliamentary cyber-crime inquiry."

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/secure-your-pc-or-lose-the-net-2010062

[Shax]

That link doesn't appear to be working...try this!

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/secure-your-pc-or-lose-the-net-20100622-yuf5.html

[GR@PH;<'S]

Shax,
Thanks both links work for me  :thumbsup:

GR@PH;<'S   :Hammys pint:

[mikey]

Sounds like the beginnings of a national firewall.

[Corrine]

I've seen a couple of threads in the U.S. where people have posted they were contacted by their ISP (verified) that their computer was infected.   

[mikey]

I've seen a couple of threads in the U.S. where people have posted they were contacted by their ISP (verified) that their computer was infected.   

Sure, using Snort or other sniffing wares(privacy issues), you can easily cfg a filter for known transfer patterns and protocols such as worm distribution for example. Informing clients of suspected infection isn't quite the same as a mandate from the gov tho IMO. I don't think I want my ISP filtering(spying) my transfer. Perhaps I just tend to overreact a bit when it comes to gov controls. :)