Re: Krebs on Security booted off Akamai network after DDoS attack proves pricey

["Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>]

On Sep 27, 2016, at 11:35 AM, Roland Dobbins <rdobbins () arbor net> wrote:
> On 27 Sep 2016, at 21:48, Brielle Bruns wrote:

> > You start cutting off users or putting them into a walled garden until they fix their machines, and they will start 
> > caring.
>
> It's important to keep in mind that in the not-so-distant future, their 'machines' will include every article of 
> clothing they own, every can of soda in their refrigerator, ever major (and many minor) components of their 
> automobiles, every blade in their windowshades, etc.

All the more reason to educate people TODAY on why having vulnerable devices is a Very Bad Idea.

If we try to teach them when a 6-pack of Coke is a DDoS source, we will have lost.

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TTFN,
patrick