Internet Security: Where Do We Stand

buxton writes "The Economist is running an interesting story which overviews the current global situation on internet security in hackers, terrorism, worms & virii, Microsoft's 'monoculture', and a bunch of other interesting points. Some nice suggestions made by big names in the software industry have been included, such as creating more easily traceable methods of people (i.e. trying to eliminate online anonimity) as a method of preventing hackers. One suggestion which I thought was partictularly interesting involved a bounty system whereby a price would be put on 'hacker's heads', incentivating other hackers to go after them and bring them forward."

Comments

This has to be said again

[Daath]

It's viruses - not virii ;P

Virii Get Over It Redux

[Anonymous Coward]

English is a living language and all but please don't make up words just for your own amusement.

"Such an event often acts as a tip-off to the writers of computer worms and viruses, who know that new patches are never applied very widely or very quickly."

The Economist called them viruses so don't call them virii. It makes you look foolish. Now if you don't mind I have some boxen* to attend to.

*Yes I am writing about raking the leaves that fell from the buxus trees in my front yard.

PLEASE!

[chunkwhite86]

For the love of Rohan, PLEASE, PLEASE stop using using this false word "virii"! The plural of virus is viruses!!!