IPv6 Firewall on CPEs - Default on or off

Anfinsen, Ragnar Ragnar.Anfinsen at altibox.no
Mon Nov 26 20:19:35 CET 2012


On 26.11.12 16:22, "Benedikt Stockebrand" <me at benedikt-stockebrand.de>
wrote:


>I thought I made a distinction between actually behaving irresponsibly
>and risking to be sued for allegedly behaving irresponsibly.  The
>first case is a matter of actually doing something unprofessional,
>stupid or negligent, while the other is a matter of someone claiming
>you to have done so and giving you a hard time, wasting lots of your
>time and money and risking to deal with a judge who doesn't understand
>a word of anything you say anyway.

So, if a refrigerator is hacked, who is responsible? The customer for not
turning on the optional firewall? The ISP for not turning the firewall on
by default? The appliance manufacturer for not building security in the
fridge?

/Ragnar




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