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Internet Providers Band Together to Fight Evil

Posted by timothy on from the hola-arborites dept.

toadlife writes "A group of prominent Internet providers are teaming up with a security vendor Arbor Networks to form the Fingerprint Sharing Alliance. Through the use of Arbor Networks Peakflow SP internet appliance (which is an OpenBSD box with some secret sauce mixed in), members of the alliance can share internet threat information with each other in real time. It sounds a bit like Razor, doesn't it?"

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  1. "It sounds a bit like Razor, doesn't it?" by Moskie · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about: "It sounds a bit like SkyNet, doesn't it?"

  2. prominent...... by mwdmeyer · · Score: 4, Funny

    A group of prominent Internet providers
    Not after we slashdotted them :\

    Shouldn't these so called "Internet providers" cope with a small increase in traffic?

  3. "Internet Providers Band Together to Fight Evil" by TheSpeedoBeast · · Score: 4, Funny

    This could be the greatest comic book. Ever.

  4. Re:MSIE Deletion squad by GtKincaid · · Score: 3, Funny

    IF there's somethign strange , in your network group Who You Gonna Call .. DDOS butsters If your packets are strange , and your email slow Who You Gonna Call .. DDOS busters