John Doe end user doesn't even know what updating is, much less wants to control it.... or even do it.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Bush" <ra...@psg.com> To: "John Levine" <jo...@iecc.com> Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:54:34 PM Subject: Re: Binge On! - get your umbrellas out, stuff's hitting the fan. >>> as for carriers pipes...will, if multicast was seriously taken up >>> then eg OS updates could be streamed out on regular updates > > Given that a lot of these updates are happening in the background > without any interaction with the users maybe for your customers, but not so true for our user base or others with which i have experience. wise folk want control of patching. and it's not only IT departments, but end users. cheeringly, even end users are becoming more cautious, at least those who have survived :) otoh, smart devices may tilt this over time. the security aspects of this are an amusing and horrifying subject of discussion in the opsec and other communities. randy
