SV: SV: CPE Residential IPv6 Security Poll

Gert Doering gert at space.net
Tue Sep 27 21:54:15 CEST 2016


Hi,

On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 05:06:54PM +0900, Erik Kline wrote:
> So lowest common denominator it is then.  Of course, any user's home
> device can be infected through a web page and become part of a botnet.

Nah, of course not.  Viruses and such never spreads through mail, or
users clicking on things.

We've heard a long and elaborate explanation that Firewalls on CPEs will
protect IoT devices, so it must be right!

*sigh*

Gert Doering
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