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Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf
From: James Blessing <james.blessing () entagroup com>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:56:42 +0000
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 michael.dillon () bt com wrote:
You misunderstand. The problem of securing machines *IS* solved. It is possible. It is regularly done with servers connected to the Internet. There is no *COMPUTING* problem or technical problem.
True *BUT* (and this is a really big but) it requires that you do something *BEFORE* you connect it to the Internet.
The problem of the 100 million machines is a social or business problem. We know how they can be secured, but the solution is not being implemented.
Whilst the problem is social in terms of people not knowing/wanting to do the securing before connecting, the technical solution is to make the software secure by default. If you think anything else then you are delusional. J - -- COO Entanet International T: 0870 770 9580 http://www.enta.net/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF1fBaR+KszLBLUT8RAo+AAJ97RxMBhyZY2MQMRAFs3KWM7EPkHACgqebN g/nOPkbZffyEDoWAIEvQUK0= =w0iC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Current thread:
- RE: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf michael.dillon (Feb 16)
- Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf Niels Bakker (Feb 16)
- RE: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf Daniel J McDonald (Feb 16)
- Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf [LONG, sorry] Rich Kulawiec (Feb 19)
- Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf [LONG, sorry] Sean Donelan (Feb 20)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf michael.dillon (Feb 16)
- Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf Mark Boolootian (Feb 16)
- Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf Roland Dobbins (Feb 16)
- Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf Gadi Evron (Feb 16)
- Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf Niels Bakker (Feb 16)
- Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf James Blessing (Feb 16)
- Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf Danny McPherson (Feb 17)
- Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 17)
- Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf J. Oquendo (Feb 16)
- Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf Simon Lyall (Feb 16)
- Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf Gadi Evron (Feb 16)
- Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf Petri Helenius (Feb 16)
- Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf Sean Donelan (Feb 17)
- Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf Gadi Evron (Feb 17)
- Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf Sean Donelan (Feb 17)
- Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf Gadi Evron (Feb 17)