Laws, regulators and position statements. · 3 articles
The period for submitting comments on the CRTC’s botnet blocking plan is over. Reading the submissions, it is clear that Internet service providers (ISPs) do not all see the situation the same way. Some even go so far as to question the CRTC’s legitimacy in implementing such a program.
Until March 15, the CRTC is holding a call for comments on its plan to block botnet traffic. It recommends using measures that “strike a balance between effectiveness and ease of implementation” without imposing additional costs on subscribers. An overview of the methods used by botnet operators suggests this will be anything but easy.
Quebec is on its way to becoming a champion of security breaches. Many companies and organizations, such as Promutuel, the STM, the Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec, HelpOX and many others
