__/ [ flyer ] on Tuesday 20 March 2007 22:23 \__
> In article <46u5d4-29s.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, flyer
>> <flyer@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote
>> on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:58:42 -0700
>> <MPG.206917f2a5f447b89896e3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> > In article <3560041.dTlGXAFRqV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> > newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>> >> Experts warn war against computer viruses could be lost as onslaught
>> >> spreads
>> >>
>> >> ,----[ Quote ]
>> >> | "I would propose a sort of internet Interpol, he said, referring to
>> >> | the UN organization where police swap wanted data. Soon, no single
>> >> | suite of security software may be able to cope in this "spooky arms
>> >> | race" against unseen attackers.
>> >> `----
>> >>
>> >>
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=138768&version=1&template_id=48&parent_id=28
>> >>
>> >> Windows could one day be forbidden from accessing the Web.
>> >
>> > QUARANTINE!!!!
>> >
>> > BRILLIANT IDEA!
>> >
>> > There should be a PETITION for just that!
>> >
>> > Run the MS pigsty on your own home hardware or intranet if you want, but
>> > Win is NOT to touch the internet.
>> >
>> > That's a GREAT idea.
>>
>> Hm. How do we tell when a series of packets comes from a Windows
>> machine?
>>
>> An interesting idea, but there are a number of things that
>> might get in the way -- especially proxies. :-) Still,
>> it might cut the worst of the crap out.
>>
>> --
>> #191, ewill3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Linux. An OS which actually, unlike certain other offerings, works.
>>
>>
>
> It can sound a little strange, but it is a great idea, and may be
> required to save the internet from absolutely massive infestation.
>
> The details would be handled by you geniuses who understand it all. I'm
> an idiot comapared to what some of you know.
>
> It's the idea -- QUARANTINE Windows Now.
>
> And it's not some unreasonable attack on win by anti-win zealots at all.
> It's a practical needed restriction to salvage the web and other zones
> from severely insecure code.
What would security companies do for a living? What would be the purpose of
SPAM filters? You lay off an entire industry by offering a Web that's *gasp*
free of cybercrime and zombies. An equilibrium is broken here as, quite
frankly, many people (even on the support hotlines) depend on broken and
insecure software.
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