[afnog] [Fwd: CTO SURVEY SEES DIFFICULTIES FOR CONSENSUS ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE]

[Brian Candler]

On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 02:15:58PM +0100, Phil Regnauld wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 01:01:47PM +0000, Brian Candler wrote:
> > > 27% felt that the
> > > solution to eliminating cyber crime is technological, requiring users to
> > > acquire the necessary software to eliminate it.
> > 
> > Software which eliminates crime - now that I'd like to see. Microsoft
> > RoboCop?
> 
> 	The FreeBSD install CD usually limits the scope of exploitability 
> 	that an otherwise unpatched XP machine offers to the netscum at
> 	large.

True, although unless you block port 25 you'll still receive phishing scams,
lottery frauds and the like.