Net neutrality could hinder efforts to safeguard Web, worry security experts - CSMonitor.com

Net neutrality could hinder efforts to safeguard Web, worry security experts - CSMonitor.com: "there is a potential the rules could create gray areas with regard to the use of certain traffic inspection tools used by providers to filter out malicious traffic and spam. Anything that would impose a ban on traffic throttling without accommodating provisions for handling spam or botnet traffic could create a problem for users, Mr. Bambenek says.

The reality is that not every bit of traffic that flows on the Internet is equal, he says. For instance, a lot of content that is malicious or spam can often consume a disproportionate amount of network resources. An indiscriminate ban on traffic throttling without clear language accommodating these issues could result in a less secure Internet, he said."