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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. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nt

    1. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      FP's are just as annoying as hackers.

  2. Re:Here we go by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and another 100 comments pointing out the (nowadays non-existent) difference between hackers and crackers

  3. Re:Someone should patent blame deflection by DrSkwid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    One time we could leave our door unlocked, right before we got TVs, funny that.

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    There are places where the networks are not touching,and there are places where they are-Boeing's Lori Gunter
  4. Re:He is 100% right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia, the door locks you!

  5. YES!! the fuckers at slashdot are getting sued by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.merkeylaw.com/article.php?story=2005062 1145053855&mode=print

    finally someone is taking on the terrorist group of al-quadadot