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Major ISPs agree to FCC's code of conduct on botnets, DNS attacks

The FCC's campaign to secure the internet gained new momentum last week, when a group of major ISPs signed on to a new code of conduct aimed at mitigating cybercrime. Adopted by the FCC's Communications, Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC), the new code targets three main security threats: botnets, DNS attacks and internet route hijacking.

The Anti-Bot Code of Conduct invites ISPs to adopt sharper detection methods, and to notify and assist consumers whenever their computers are infected....

Today the U.S. Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) Communications Security Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) voted to approve the Anti-Bot Code of Conduct for Internet Service Providers.

The code represents an important commitment by the nation’s leading ISPs to help consumers prevent, detect and remediate bot infections. To participate in this Code, an ISP will engage in at least one activity in each of the following general areas:

- Education - an activity intended to help increase end-user education and awareness of botnet issues and how to help prevent bot infections;

- Detection - an activity intended to identify botnet activity in the ISP’s network, obtain information on botnet activity in the ISP’s network, or enable end-users to self-determine potential bot infections on their end-user devices;

- Notification - an activity intended to notify customers of suspected bot infections or enable customers to determine if they may be infected by a bot;

- Remediation - an activity intended to provide information to end-users about how they can remediate bot infections, or to assist end-users in remediating bot infections.

- Collaboration - an activity to share with other ISPs feedback and experience learned from the participating ISP’s Code activities.