[87605] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Compromised machines liable for damage?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joseph S D Yao)
Wed Dec 28 14:59:14 2005
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 14:58:43 -0500
From: Joseph S D Yao <jsdy@center.osis.gov>
To: Jason Frisvold <xenophage0@gmail.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
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On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 09:38:11AM -0500, Jason Frisvold wrote:
...
> So what if Microsoft put a warning label on all copies of Windows that
> said something to the tune of "Not intended for use without firewall
> and anti-virus software installed" ? :) Isn't the consumer at least
> partially responsible for reasonable precautions?
...
Last time I looked at an MS Windows package, Microsoft actually put a
much stronger warning than that on all of its packages. And a truthful
one, as well!
Something like, "This software is not guaranteed to do anything in
particular."
;-)
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Joe Yao
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