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Re: why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Wed Mar 26 15:04:45 2014

To: Lamar Owen <lowen@pari.edu>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 26 Mar 2014 10:07:22 -0400."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:59:47 -0400
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org

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On Wed, 26 Mar 2014 10:07:22 -0400, Lamar Owen said:

> it; get enough endusers with this problem and you'll get a class-action
> suit against OS vendors that allow the problem to remain a problem; you
> can get rid of the bots.

You *do* realize that the OS vendor can't really do much about users who click
on stuff they shouldn't, or reply to phishing emails, or most of the other
ways people *actually* get pwned these days?

Hint: Microsoft *tried* to fix this with UAC.  The users rioted.

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