On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 10:31:57PM +0000, Nick Hilliard wrote: > On 23/03/2014 21:02, Mark Andrews wrote: > > Actually all you have stated in that printer vendors need to clean > > up their act and not that one shouldn't expect to be able to expose > > a printer to the world. It isn't hard to do this correctly. > > perish the thought - and I look forward to the day that vendors write > secure software which is impregnable to all vulnerabilities past and > present. When that happens, I'll cast away my default deny configurations > and advise other people to do the same. > > Until then, though, I hope you understand why I suggest that default deny > is no less sensible a precaution than locking the front door in a busy city. > > Nick
Hum.. perhaps a poor analogy. Tokyo is a busy city, yet I know quite a few people who don;t lock their doors there. Redondo Beach is quite a bit less busy, but -everyone- locks their doors and anything else of value. Its the culture of ethics of the individiual, not the density of individuals. /bill