[95016] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Danny McPherson)
Sat Feb 17 19:39:32 2007
In-Reply-To: <2DA00C5A2146FB41ABDB3E9FCEBC74C10106700B@i2km07-ukbr.domain1.systemhost.net>
From: Danny McPherson <danny@tcb.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 17:38:18 -0700
To: NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Feb 16, 2007, at 10:12 AM, <michael.dillon@bt.com>
<michael.dillon@bt.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
So, you're saying we can secure them so long as we put
them behind NAT AND humans don't use them?
-danny
