Re: Legislative proposal sent to my Congressman

["John R. Levine" <johnl () iecc com>]

> > This is where device profiles could help.  If enough devices register
> > profiles with the local router, at some point the router's default
> > could be closed, so devices with no profile can't talk to the outside.
>
> That would be nice, but a manufacturer who can't be bothered to take even the 
> most basic security precautions certainly isn't going to implement this, 
> either.

They will if the routers start rejecting their traffic.

> The only cure to this will be changing the law so that the directors of the 
> companies that ship massively insecure devices like these are personally 
> liable for all the financial loss attributed to their products. Bankrupt a 
> few companies' board of directors and you'll start seeing things change in a 
> hurry.

Good luck with that.

R's,
John