On Wednesday 17 September 2003 18:38 pm, Joel Hammer wrote: > Wouldn't it be great if people starting saying, enuf is enuf. > > Maybe if people whose computers were cracked and taken over by hackers > faced legal sanctions (fines, suspension of service, etc.), they would > take responsibility to fix up their boxes. Now, the lazy bones (or is > it brain dead?) windows users just sit and get hit like sitting ducks. > I guess they expect MS to protect them, even if they do nothing to > protect themselves. > > I guess brain dead users are just to valuable to drive off the > internet. > > Just like Scott Adams said, stupidity is the limitless energy supply > of the 21th century. > > Joel
I agree. Wouldn't it be nice if the HSA determined that all the flaws in MS software was the real security threat that it is? My guess is that it would take a group of about 5 hackers, determined to bring the Internet to its knees, about 5 days to do so.. But they would probably find better ways to destroy us than a DOS attack. (and my estimate is probably off by at least a factor of 2) > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 10:38:44PM -0500, Michael Hipp wrote: > > http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030916/D7TJP93G0.html > > > > By TED BRIDIS > > > > WASHINGTON (AP) - Security researchers on Tuesday detected hackers > > distributing software to break into computers using flaws announced > > last week in some versions of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s Windows > > operating system. > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> > http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 09/17/03 18:48 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "Never hit a man with glasses; hit him with your fist." _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
