Re: end user security
Bryan Follins <asalh@MINDSPRING.COM> Wed, 10 October 2001 05:50 UTC
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From: Bryan Follins <asalh@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject: Re: end user security
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Check out the documents on my website at www.readingwhitepapers.com They may help. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: IETF-RUN [mailto:IETF-RUN@MAILBAG.INTEL.COM]On Behalf Of Josh Rollyson Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 6:56 PM To: IETF-RUN@MAILBAG.INTEL.COM Subject: end user security I'd like to suggest that a document is needed on the responsibilities of end users to maintain secure systems. Every day I deal with abuse from compromised systems on broadband connections. The providers are usually too overwhelmed to take any action, and the users were usually never informed of the risks, or of their responsibility to insure their system isn't misused. Typically, when you do get a response from the user, you find out that it was a default <insert consumer operating system of choice here> installation, and that they had services running that they weren't using, that they had no idea they needed to keep updating things to stay secure, they had no firewall or packet filter, essentially an open door to abusers. Compromises of end user desktop computers can largely be stopped by basic education and basic security practices. Yet most users never learn this until its too late. While there is no magic bullet, users need to be informed, preferably before their systems are connected to the global internet, that there are certian things they must do to protect themselves and more importantly, the rest of the internet. -- Josh Rollyson System Administrator - SOSDG/2Mbit.com IRC Operator - efnet.vuurwerk.nl
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