[95043] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roland Dobbins)
Mon Feb 19 09:53:32 2007
In-Reply-To: <2DA00C5A2146FB41ABDB3E9FCEBC74C1010673B5@i2km07-ukbr.domain1.systemhost.net>
From: Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@cisco.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:51:31 -0800
To: NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Feb 19, 2007, at 1:24 AM, <michael.dillon@bt.com> wrote:
> You need, at minimum, weeks of training in order to safely operate an
> automobile. But to safely operate on the Internet, you simply open the
> box, plug the DSL cable into the DSL port of the
> NAT/firewall/switch/gateway box, plug the brand new unsecured computer
> into the Ethernet port, and you can now safely operate on the
> Internet.
That's right, you've made my point for me. Weeks and weeks of training.
People don't need weeks and weeks of training to operate a
television, or a blender, or even a videogame console.
> The technical problem has been solved for a long, long time. The same
> factors which drive down the cost of computers, have also driven down
> the cost of NAT/firewall devices to the point where they could
> actually
> be integrated right into the PC's hardware.
NATting firewalls don't help at all with email-delivered malware,
browser exploits, etc.
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