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Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf
From: Mark Boolootian <booloo () ucsc edu>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:38:35 -0800
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. 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.
Eh? Sure, we can secure servers, but that's not where the trouble is. It's the client systems with browsers and P2P software and people mindlessly banging on keyboards running arbitrary executables. I'm interested in hearing how they can be secured, since you seem to believe this is a solved problem.
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)
(Thread continues...)