Worms versus Bots

Tue May 4 20:51:08 UTC 2004

>  > In other words: if one is stupid, one gets worm'ed or bot'ed.
>
>However, up to 90% of the users *are* stupid:
>
>http://www.silicon.com/software/security/0,39024655,39118228,00.htm
>
>Any network security scheme that fails to either (a) lower the stupidity rate
>or (b) deliver a system that will protect that 90% from themselves is doomed.

"There's only so much stupidity you can compensate for;
there comes a point where you compensate for so much
stupidity that it starts to cause problems for the
people who actually think in a normal way."

--Bill Dickson, digital.forest tech support

Which leads to the logical conclusion:

>We may be looking at a move back towards the WebTV appliance model (which
>would thrill the media conglomerates to no end).

=)

Seriosuly though, the Internet might be a better place for it. After 
all, 90% of those "stupid" people just want email and HTTP.

--chuck