[153768] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: EBAY and AMAZON
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jamie Bowden)
Tue Jun 12 07:45:51 2012
From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@photon.com>
To: Keith Medcalf <kmedcalf@dessus.com>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:44:44 +0000
In-Reply-To: <5445871dd2b6ff408453cc68a0290f44@mail.dessus.com>
Cc: Hal Murray <hmurray@megapathdsl.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Apologies for lack of attribution beyond the first level, but the previous =
poster removed that.
> From: Keith Medcalf [mailto:kmedcalf@dessus.com]
>=20
> > Windows security sucks.
>=20
> The real problem with Windows is that there exist folks who believe
> that it is, or can be, secured. They believe the six-colour glossy,
> the Gartner Reports, and other (manufacturers') propaganda. As a
> consequence they do not act in a fashion which will keep them safe.
While MS may be a favorite whipping boy, let's not pretend that if the domi=
nant OS were Apple or some flavor of *nix, things would be any better. Tho=
se OS's are no more secure than a Windows box once you plug a few hundred m=
illion people into their consoles.
Jamie
