On Monday 17 September 2007 13:33, Michael Madigan wrote: > OK, I got into a real fight with someone this week on > requiring a computer be secure before it is attached > to a network. > > By secure I mean, anti-spyware, anti-virus, up-to-date > on patches, and firewall. > > It got me to thinking, do you think it would be wise, > somehow, for ISPs to require anti-virus and > anti-spyware to be running on a computer before it's > allowed to connect to their system? And how would it > be implemented. > > My thoughts are that if every computer was secure, we > would have far less Internet traffic caused by > spambots, and would actually give us a much better > Internet experience.
Hi Michael! So the guy just wanted to plug in to the network with all his diseases and let you worry about it? Sounds sort of promiscuous. Did you win? -- Regards, Pete http://www.pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
