On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 12:07:45AM -0400, JT said: > I don't quite understand here. A user generally has WAY more options/ways to > make a mistake interacting with Zone Alarm vs say, a Linksys firewall. Yes, > the user will not know how to flash it, and will not stay up to date with > any updates, but that's our job anyways. IMHO any auto update feature is a
There are over 600 million people worldwide who are on the Internet in one way or another. Care to guess how many of those don't have a system administrator maintaining their systems? And before you say something like "well, they deserve what they get", remember that if less than 1 tenth of 1 percent of them are compromised, it can effectively bring the entire Internet to a crawl for all of us. Do you honestly expect the six million in Africa to all go out and buy routers? -- Shawn McMahon | Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, EIV Consulting | that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any UNIX and Linux | hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure http://www.eiv.com| the survival and the success of liberty. - JFK
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