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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Katrina Network Damage Report
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:47:00 +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum <[email protected]> writes: > On 12-sep-2005, at 2:47, [email protected] wrote: > >> Amazingly enough, the *single* biggest problem in trying to get Joe >> Sixpack to secure their systems is "But I don't have anything >> they'd be interested in..." > > Security isn't an end in itself. For instance, I don't care enough > about people using up my paper and ink to secure my print server > against remote printing. When the number of open print servers exceeds a threshold, I predict that 'innovative marketers' will start using zombied toasters to send advertisements to all open print servers they can find. And at that point, security matters very much. Scott
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