Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 13:24:59 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Teaching parents UNIX Message-ID: <20011229122459.GE3776@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <02eb01c1902e$69629bd0$fe00a8c0@wskatinka> References: <Pine.LNX.4.40.0112282250220.27385-100000@zx750.ninja.com> <02eb01c1902e$69629bd0$fe00a8c0@wskatinka>
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On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 02:02:29PM +0800, Kathy Quinlan wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeffrey" <jeffrey@azstarnet.com> > > > So while I really don't care if a person defragments their disk, repairs > > broken software, uninstalls old software or even updates their drivers. I > > do care that they are not maintaining their machine to at least the point > > that they are not attacking one of my servers. > > Thi sis one of my pet gripes, I think that AV software should be free, as it > is fine and dandy for the people with the money to buy it and protect their > system, but the people who can not afford it, unknowingly get infected and > spread it to the rest of the world, so what some ppl say, I would rather > have an AV software that has one hit per day than the current 30 hits I am > experiencing, and most of the viri are coming from ppl who either can not > afford the fees to get the defs or do not know how to...... Maybe we should > insist ppl pass a basic computer course before going on the internet ? ;o) > There are a couple of points here. One since Microsoft software is almost single-handedly responsible for the spread of viruses across the globe, which as pointed out above, does affect all public services even if they use non-ms software, then Microsoft should be responsible enough to give all users of their OS'es a lifetime subscription gratis to an anti-viral service. That will not happen. Solution 2. People should accept the expense of buying an anti-viral agent as being necessary to the safe-keeping of the Internet. What happens is that many ISP's give out anti-viral software as part of the deal on a 6 month license, and then people never bother to re-new their subscription. Solution 3. ISP's should be held responsible for any of their users who spread viruses through non-use of anti-viral agents. They should either make it a condition of service, or themselves run a gratis anti-viral service. This is called social-responsibility. Running MS software without active anti-viral checking is the technoglogical equivalent of having sex with strangers without using a condom. -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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