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Inventor of Proxy Firewall Blames Hackers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-your-rage-out dept.

An anonymous reader writes "SecurityFocus published an interview with Marcus Ranum, the inventor of the proxy firewall. It's an interesting reading, and the end is even better: Truly, the only people who deserve a complete helping of blame are the hackers. Let's not forget that they're the ones doing this to us. They're the ones who are annoying an entire planet. They're the ones who are costing us billions of dollars a year to secure our systems against them. They're the ones who place their desire for fun ahead of everyone on earth's desire for peace and the right to privacy."

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  1. What the author doesn't realise by bogaboga · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Truly, the only people who deserve a complete helping of blame are the hackers. Let's not forget that they're the ones doing this to us. They're the ones who are annoying an entire planet. They're the ones who are costing us billions of dollars a year to secure our systems against them. They're the ones who place their desire for fun ahead of everyone on earth's desire for peace and the right to privacy."

    By saying the above, the author does not realise that these hackers, though nasty in some way, have a democratic right to express themselves as they please. He should also realise that "one man's meat is another man's poison". That's how democracy works. There are many industries making life out of people's misery. Think about the drug companies and the anti-virus companies. Do you think they want disease and viruses to go away?

  2. Re:He is 100% right by DrSkwid · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    piss off, nice guy

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  3. What an asshat! by Chas · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So the hacker. The person doing this because they're naturally predisposed towards thinking outside the neat little security box is at fault. Someone just wants to see if they CAN get on.

    This dipshit would rather this stuff be sub-rosa until someone DELIBERATELY does it under the aegis of corporate espionage? Or for blackmail purposes?

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  4. Re:its the hackers alright! by nafrance · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The US is a more violent country in general than many other industrial nations, guns have nothing to do with it.

    No, I think guns have a lot to do with it. As Eddie Izzard said - you can't kill people walking up to them and shouting 'bang!'. It just doesn't work.
    And don't go blaming your 'violent country' or 'violent past' - it's bullshit.

    Look at the statistics. People died from bullets coming out of guns. The reason doesn't really matter...less guns, less fatalities from shootings.

    Surely not too hard for you to understand, eh?