[94994] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (michael.dillon@bt.com)
Fri Feb 16 12:27:41 2007
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:12:21 -0000
From: <michael.dillon@bt.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
> >Therefore, I assert that securing systems adequately for use on the=20
> >Internet is indeed a SOLVED PROBLEM in computing.
>=20
> A HUNDRED MILLION machines beg to differ.
You misunderstand. The problem of securing machines *IS* solved. It is
possible. It is regularly done with servers connected to the Internet.
There is no *COMPUTING* problem or technical problem.=20
The problem of the 100 million machines is a social or business problem.
We know how they can be secured, but the solution is not being
implemented.
--Michael Dillon
