Re: botnets: web servers, end-systems and Vint Cerf

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Roland Dobbins wrote:
> 
> 
> On Feb 16, 2007, at 9:12 AM, <michael.dillonbt.com> wrote:
> 
> > It is regularly done with servers connected to the
Internet.
> > There is no *COMPUTING* problem or technical
problem.
> 
> I beg to differ.  Yes, it is possible for tech-savvy
users to secure  
> their machines pretty effectively.  But the level of
technical  
> knowledge required to do so is completely out of line
with, say, the  
> level of automotive knowledge required to safely
operate an automobile.

In other words, we know how to secure them, and
theoretically it is
possible to secure all of them.

In practice - not so much. As resources-wise and the
time-until-they-will-be-insecure-yet-again don't meet.

	Gadi.