Oliver Maunder wrote:
Exactly - the quote [from Steve Gibson] was:
"When those insecure and maliciously potent Windows XP machines are mated to high-bandwidth Internet connections, we are going to experience an escalation of Internet terrorism the likes of which has never been seen before."
<flamebait> Surely positioning Linux as a consumer OS is going to cause exactly the same problem? Already, the worst DoS attacks come from unsecured Linux boxes with broadband connections. Surely this problem will get worse as consumer Linux usage increases. </flamebait>
Discuss ;-)
The problem really lies in the insecure nature of the TCP/IP protocols themselves and the way they allow spoofing. Eventually the cost of DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks will become so high that the infrastructure providers will be forced to modernize the protocols, since the cost of the damage will exceed the cost of the conversion. Paul