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Naming and Shaming "Bad" ISPs

Posted by Soulskill on from the gettin'-called-out dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Brian Krebs takes a provocative look at ISP reputations, collecting data from 10 different sources that track 'badness' from a multitude of angles, from phishing to malware to botnet command and control centers. Some of the lists show very interesting and useful results; the ISPs that are most common among the various reputation services are some of the largest ISPs and hosting providers, including ThePlanet and Softlayer. The story has generated quite a bit of discussion in the security community as to whether these various efforts are measuring the wrong things, or if it is indeed valid and useful to keep public attention focused on the bigger providers, since these are generally US-based and have the largest abuse problems in terms of overall numbers."

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  1. I think it'a about the same all over by agoliveira · · Score: 4, Interesting

    One of the largest ISPs in Brazil, Locaweb, is the main source of spam and malware I get and it's not only about numbers. They just ignore every single complain I've done.

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  2. ThePlanet by Manip · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It is a shame that ThePlanet is doing so badly. I've used them before for dedicated hosting and was very happy with the service I received. I will say that they are very "hands off" (which is generally good, but bad in this case). I think one has to remember that this is a chart of which ISPs are most responsive and active in stopping abuse originating from their network and not some kind of general review of the service they offer.

    That being said I think all the ISPs listed should be unhappy about appearing on these lists and should actively be trying to fix their reputation or risk getting blacklisted.

  3. Re:New Jersey by sopssa · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Some of the ISP's in the list are huge hosting companies, namely ThePlanet, Layered Tech, Leaseweb, OVH.. You have no idea how big they are unless you've visited one of their data centers. They host millions of servers. How would they check it all? For that matter, who wants their data center staff snooping around in your server?

    Being one of the largest hosting companies in the planet obviously brings in bad guys too.