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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. its the hackers alright! by Prophetic_Truth · · Score: 3, Funny

    with their hair and thier clothes, and thier music! I can't stand 'em!

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    1. Re:its the hackers alright! by Dogtanian · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, but there's black hat and white hat.

      What about the guy who broke into my computer, erased my copy of Windows and installed Fedora Core in its place?

      I suspect he was a Red Hat hacker, personally...

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  2. Blame Canada by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Blame Canada

    1. Re:Blame Canada by hullabalucination · · Score: 3, Funny

      I hold the Northwest Territories personally responsible for this terrible situation. Also, I believe that we ought to disconnect many third-world countries from the Internet. Places like Zimbabwe, Cambodia, Mauritania and New Jersey don't need to have Internet access.

  3. let's not forget by g0bshiTe · · Score: 4, Funny

    bieng the inventor of said firewall they have most asuredly paid your bills for sometime.

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  4. Didn't I just read the Onion? by wubboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    "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."

    Is it just me or does this sound like a Onion story?

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  5. Re:and interestingly enough... by Zwets · · Score: 4, Funny

    This new kind of window would provide eXtreme Protection. I guess would be called 'Window XP'.

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