[Mimedefang] OS wars... [was Viruses: Bounce or Discard?]

[Stephen Smoogen]

On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 17:22, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote:
> 
> I was intrigued by David's ISP based idea, but I agree that it won't work
> for exactly the reasons you say.  I had been trying to come up with
> structures that would change the incentives for ISPs, but I can't come up
> with anything plausible or which would stand up to the slightest bit of
> scrutiny.  Still, I liked David's initial idea, so I was activily engaging
> in this discussion to see both the strengths and weaknesses of it.

I have one... criminal/civil liability for allowing virii from their
networks. In the end, laws are supposed to be created to fill in where
natural incentives fail to induce enough social/individual change.


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