Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet?

Curtis Maurand cmaurand at xyonet.com
Thu Dec 9 18:13:05 UTC 2010


On 12/8/2010 3:04 PM, Seth Mattinen wrote:
> On 12/8/2010 08:06, Jack Bates wrote:
>> I call BS. Windows has it's problems, but it is the most common
>> exploited as it holds the largest market share. Many Windows infections
>> I've seen occur not due to the OS, but due to lack of patching of
>> applications on the OS. The system does as much as it can.
> And end users clicking/running every shiny thing they come across,
> consequences be damned.
>
   ActiveX is the problem.  Its got about as much security as a piece of 
swiss cheese.





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