[94905] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Every incident is an opportunity (was Re: Hackers hit key Internet traffic computers)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joseph S D Yao)
Mon Feb 12 18:18:57 2007
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:58:15 -0500
From: Joseph S D Yao <jsdy@center.osis.gov>
To: Per Heldal <heldal@eml.cc>
Cc: nanog <nanog@merit.edu>
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On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 12:50:20PM +0100, Per Heldal wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 10:13 +0100, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> > Sure, just find these few simple things that will actually improve
> > security. (My personal one would be "Erase MS-Windows and install
> > Ubuntu". If we are ready to inconvenience ordinary workers with
> > computer security, this one would be a good start.)
>
> Isn't that like treating smallpox with anthrax?
More like treating smallpox with cowpox vaccinations. That, at least,
works.
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Joe Yao
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