dilettante
join:2002-01-01
Haslett, MI
| reply to pnh102
Re: Thanks Idiots!
I've often thought that licensing (certifying) users might be a reasonable tactic. Something where you'd agree to random external audits of your network (scans and other penetration tests, monitoring traffic over an interval).
But there are cost and privacy issues I suppose, and it would really cut into the lucrative "granny (grandpaw?) AOL" market of low-use, unsophisticated users.
But I have to wonder... wouldn't it make economic sense to offer high bandwidth to "certified" users and lower bandwidth and blocked ports to those "potential problem users" who are likely to get hijacked - at the same or similar prices? If you keep your network clean and properly isolated and your boxes secure and use adequate throttling mechanisms... [takes a breath] any real hazard from running services is minimal. Violations or complaints and you'd get dropped back to the "wild west" service with ports blocked.
Sort of a "being responsible grants privileges" policy.
But maybe that's precisely where those high-cost commercial offerings come in: you pay for the privilege of being responsible. Everyone else "swims with the fishes" wearing a hardsuit. |
