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Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers


From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk () cybernothing org>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 14:55:04 -0800


On 02/03/05, "Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan () verisign com> wrote: 

    Upgrading and/or replacing the OS for every Windows user on the
    planet is an educational issue.  Keeping the network viable
    while you figure out how to do that is an operational issue.

..or a cost issue. Most of these users are people who have
decided not to spend the $40 to defend their machine at home. 

        So you educate them as to why it would be a good idea to keep
        their computer secure.

        But in the meantime, their machine is spewing garbage -- which,
        as many have said, is the operational issue at hand.

-- 
J.D. Falk                                          uncertainty is only a virtue
<jdfalk () cybernothing org>                    when you don't know the answer yet


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