Spam fighters call for "parking tickets" on unsafe servers
Found on PC Pro on Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Anti-spam outfit, Spamhaus, has called on the UK government to fine those who are running internet infrastructure that could be exploited by criminals.
"Once they know it can be used for attacks and fraud, that should be an offence," Cox said. "You should be subject to something like a parking ticket... where the fine is greater than the cost of fixing it.
What's an unsafe server? Are admins in trouble as soon as a bug gets known? What about the time it takes until the OS vendor releases a bugfix? What if you don't know it can be abused? Why not fine Spamhaus for false positives?