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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: What do you want your ISP to block today?
--On Wednesday, September 3, 2003 3:11 PM -0400 Johannes Ullrich <[email protected]> wrote: Some businesses have create an entire industry of outsourcing Exchange service which need all their customers to be able to use those ports.So should everyone else be required to keep their doors open so they can offer the service? Who is wrong/right? Millions of vulnerable users that need some basic protection now, or a few businesses? Sorry... "Millions of vulnerable users" are only vulnerable because those users chose to run vulnerable systems. They have the responsibility to do what is necessary to correct the vulnerabilities in the systems they chose to run. I am really tired of the attitude that the rest of the world should bear the consequences of Micr0$0ft's incompetence/arrogance. The people who are Micr0$0ft customers should have responsibility to resolve these issues with Micr0$0ft. It is nice of ISPs to help when they do. This is akin to driving a pinto, knowing that it's a bomb, and expecting your local DOT to build explosion-proof freeways. Owen -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Johannes Ullrich [email protected] pgp key: http://johannes.homepc.org/PGPKEYS -------------------------------------------------------------- "We regret to inform you that we do not enable any of the security functions within the routers that we install." [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------
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