Schneier: ISPs should bear security burden

Sun May 1 16:23:43 UTC 2005

On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 05:01:42PM -0500, John Dupuy wrote:
> If one is going to use the car analogy, then the ISP is the street, not the 
> car. The car is the user's computer or customer premise equipment. Streets 
> do not have airbags. (Though that is an interesting concept.) At best, 
> streets have features that influence safety & traffic such as stop signs 
> and guard rails, but even a well designed street does not actually prevent 
> car accidents or dictate what kind of person is riding in a car.

I disagree.

The street is the transit providers. 

Road Runner is the car. (Well, *bus*, actually :-).

If I put my kid on the bus, yes, I expect it to protect him.

Cheers,
-- jra
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