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Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf
From: Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:55:53 -0600 (CST)
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Roland Dobbins wrote:
On Feb 16, 2007, at 9:12 AM, <michael.dillon () bt com> wrote:It is regularly done with servers connected to the Internet. There is no *COMPUTING* problem or technical problem.I beg to differ. Yes, it is possible for tech-savvy users to secure their machines pretty effectively. But the level of technical knowledge required to do so is completely out of line with, say, the level of automotive knowledge required to safely operate an automobile.
In other words, we know how to secure them, and theoretically it is possible to secure all of them. In practice - not so much. As resources-wise and the time-until-they-will-be-insecure-yet-again don't meet. Gadi.
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)