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Re: Worms versus Bots
From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 16:05:10 -0400
On Mon, 03 May 2004 20:53:50 PDT, Michel Py said:
In other words: if one is stupid, one gets worm'ed or bot'ed.
However, up to 90% of the users *are* stupid: http://www.silicon.com/software/security/0,39024655,39118228,00.htm Any network security scheme that fails to either (a) lower the stupidity rate or (b) deliver a system that will protect that 90% from themselves is doomed. We may be looking at a move back towards the WebTV appliance model (which would thrill the media conglomerates to no end).
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