Re: Binge On! - get your umbrellas out, stuff's hitting the fan.

[Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>]

John Doe end user doesn't even know what updating is, much less wants to control it.... or even do it. 




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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 
http://www.ics-il.com 

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From: "Randy Bush" <randy () psg com> 
To: "John Levine" <johnl () iecc com> 
Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog () nanog org> 
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:54:34 PM 
Subject: Re: Binge On! - get your umbrellas out, stuff's hitting the fan. 

> > > as for carriers pipes...will, if multicast was seriously taken up 
> > > then eg OS updates could be streamed out on regular updates 
>
> Given that a lot of these updates are happening in the background 
> without any interaction with the users 

maybe for your customers, but not so true for our user base or others 
with which i have experience. wise folk want control of patching. and 
it's not only IT departments, but end users. 

cheeringly, even end users are becoming more cautious, at least those 
who have survived :) 

otoh, smart devices may tilt this over time. the security aspects of 
this are an amusing and horrifying subject of discussion in the opsec 
and other communities. 

randy