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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Schneier: ISPs should bear security burden
On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 05:01:42PM -0500, John Dupuy wrote: > If one is going to use the car analogy, then the ISP is the street, not the > car. The car is the user's computer or customer premise equipment. Streets > do not have airbags. (Though that is an interesting concept.) At best, > streets have features that influence safety & traffic such as stop signs > and guard rails, but even a well designed street does not actually prevent > car accidents or dictate what kind of person is riding in a car. I disagree. The street is the transit providers. Road Runner is the car. (Well, *bus*, actually :-). If I put my kid on the bus, yes, I expect it to protect him. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [email protected] Designer Baylink RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates The Things I Think '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 If you can read this... thank a system administrator. Or two. --me
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