[70187] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Worms versus Bots
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Tue May 4 16:09:16 2004
To: Michel Py <michel@arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 May 2004 20:53:50 PDT."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 16:05:10 -0400
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On Mon, 03 May 2004 20:53:50 PDT, Michel Py said:
> In other words: if one is stupid, one gets worm'ed or bot'ed.
However, up to 90% of the users *are* stupid:
http://www.silicon.com/software/security/0,39024655,39118228,00.htm
Any network security scheme that fails to either (a) lower the stupidity rate
or (b) deliver a system that will protect that 90% from themselves is doomed.
We may be looking at a move back towards the WebTV appliance model (which
would thrill the media conglomerates to no end).
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