[70392] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Worms versus Bots
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Jakma)
Thu May 13 08:03:08 2004
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 13:02:20 +0100 (IST)
From: Paul Jakma <paul@clubi.ie>
To: Chris Woodfield <rekoil@semihuman.com>
Cc: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jonathan.slivko@earthlink.net>,
nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20040511171421.GA7327@semihuman.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Tue, 11 May 2004, Chris Woodfield wrote:
> I stand corrected, they're out there. I'm advised that 3com has a
> on-NIC firewall product as well.
>
> However, at $299 and $329 respectively, I don't anticipate wide
> adoption in the consumer market...
This is all silly.. there's no reason operating systems cant be
(collectively) immune to automated worms.
regards,
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