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Re:The Mirai Botnet Architects Are Now Fighting Crime with t... by gjs278 on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @06:31PM (#18019838)
you massively overestimate what any ISP is going to do. it's nothing. they're not running honey pots, they don't care.
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Re:The Mirai Botnet Architects Are Now Fighting Crime with t... by blitmap on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @08:04PM (#18020500)
I think I agree. It's better to not be proactive, especially since port scanning is a natural way to perform diagnostics. I would wait for others tell me there's a problem, I wouldn't put money toward sniffing out problems as an ISP.
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