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> Even if you had a central authority cutting off access from ip addresses, do you cut off whole university campuses because someone's "smart" coffee machine is participating in a ddos or entire businesses because there is a computer in a closet somewhere that is infected?

I think the solution is probably similar to the sorts of laws that we have for dealing with pollution and similar bad behaviour. Start with warnings and education, escalate to fines and other penalties, and only escalate to outright bans in the worst and most recalcitrant cases.



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