[80247] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Schneier: ISPs should bear security burden
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fergie (Paul Ferguson))
Wed Apr 27 15:14:58 2005
From: "Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg@netzero.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 19:05:18 GMT
To: sjsobol@JustThe.net
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Thank you, Steve, for a very articulate & rational post. :-)
- ferg
-- "Steve Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote:
[snip]
Anyone who thinks AOL is doing this out of the goodness of their hearts,
please speak up now...
[FX: sound of crickets chirping]
Yup. That's what I thought.
Not having to support people who have tons of viruses saves money, and
therefore is a good idea. Making it easier for people to avoid infection is
good business, especially when you are talking about AOL's userbase (in terms
of sheer numbers and the Internet expertise of the stereotypical AOL member).
[snip]
--
"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
Engineering Architecture for the Internet
fergdawg@netzero.net or fergdawg@sbcglobal.net
ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
