Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1332 mails)

[John Andersen <jsamyth@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Fri, 08 May 2009 08:38:06 -0500, L. V. Lammert wrote:


> Many home users don't even know why their router has a password on it, 
> much less how to configure it properly.

And many others "Didn't know the gun was loaded".

Really, Jim, this line of reasoning to the lowest common denominator gets you 
nowhere.

If this job can't be managed by Joe Sixpack, then it should go the way of 
automotive
maintenance, furnace repair, and major plumbing work; namely by companies doing
this work professionally.  Maybe your ISP, but a third party would seem 
preferable.

Imagine if instead of going to Best Buy to get a router you got a service, and
the router was part of it.  You take it home and you can do very little other
than surf the web and send email, and only then with known protocols to
known ports.  Nothing else gets by the router, outbound or inbound.

You want to steam music, you call them up, or visit their web page, and
key in your code, select the option, and its turned on for you.

No more worms.  No more bots.

People can either learn to manage stuff, or for those that can't or won't
(such as those already part of a bot-net) they buy the service.


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