[iot-discussion] What role does the SP play in protecting consumers re IoT?

> On 20 Apr 2017, at 10:53, Marco Hogewoning <marcoh at ripe.net> wrote:
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>> Minor nit perhaps: "what your access provider can and should be allowed to do about these problems"?
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>> I'm not sure we'd want access providers to have control over what web cams (or whatever) someone wants to install on their home network.
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> But you probably would he offended if they do not cut off that spammer or the person that is sending your DNS server a few million queries a second.

Indeed. Though that's not the same thing as giving access providers some influence or stake in their CPE customers can install.

> They should not have an opinion about connecting a webcam, but what about me hosting a Command & Control server?

Nuke it from orbit. Just to be sure. :-)

But suppose that webcam is the c&c server. And how would anyone know that?