> 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
