[133438] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Curtis Maurand)
Thu Dec 9 13:13:23 2010
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:13:05 -0500
From: Curtis Maurand <cmaurand@xyonet.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <4CFFE4E2.6000802@rollernet.us>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 12/8/2010 3:04 PM, Seth Mattinen wrote:
> On 12/8/2010 08:06, Jack Bates wrote:
>> I call BS. Windows has it's problems, but it is the most common
>> exploited as it holds the largest market share. Many Windows infections
>> I've seen occur not due to the OS, but due to lack of patching of
>> applications on the OS. The system does as much as it can.
> And end users clicking/running every shiny thing they come across,
> consequences be damned.
>
ActiveX is the problem. Its got about as much security as a piece of
swiss cheese.
