Re: @home: Is *anyone* really home there???

Wozz wrote:

> The overuse of these home "firewall" solutions is making overall security
> worse, IMHO. I spend a majority of my time at work filtering through stuff
> like this, and not spending time working on things that would actually improve
> security. Thankfully, I've just recently gotten approval to hire someone to
> just sit there and sift through all this junk for me.

I'm in a very similar situation, and I look at it as an opportunity to
educate the users (finally I have a reason!). They're either going to
complain to us or to the FBI's cybercrime unit about these problems. If we
intervene, we get a chance to educate them about good security practices and
everyone is happy. If the FBI intervenes, then they're going to take
responsibility and all sorts of undesirable things happen.

 - Jason
Received on Mar 01 2000