Security

Ask something
Discussion Locked

Driver's licenses for Internet users?

0 helpful
6 replies

by olditprofessional

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.
Too bad you could not regulate the Internet to a point where all users need a license to surf. As a person must remember to stop at red lights, a computer user would have to remember to update their virus definitions monthly. I know this idea is impossible to impliment and people still will run red lights...it is just a thought...

6 replies

by radiic

Wow...More loss of freedom> Sorry OldIT but i dont agree with licensing users to use the internet. It almost sounds like the argument of licensing people to have children. Although i agree people need to be educated before doing either one of the 2, it still comes down to freedom of choice. I understand that some people just dont have the common sense to make the right choice, but it is still their right to do so.

Besides costing billions of dollars to do it. Which country would be in charge of>? And if you get caught would the SS show up at your house and ticket you or better yet haul you away>????

My suggestion is open source virus scanning, spam filter, and spybot searching. Make it free so that everyone can afford it. Also Education. I cant believe how many people out there were stupid enough to double click the attachment in the latest sobber worm. Come on people> get a clue. "Wow i wonder what this attachment is, From: (any of the following)
? Admin
? Hostmaster
? Info
? Postmaster
? Register
? Service
? Webmaster
with English Subjects: any of the following
? mailing error
? Re:
? Registration Confirmation
? Your email was blocked
? Your Password

Message body (English): any of the following

? Account and Password Information are attached!

Visit: http://www.

? This is an automatically generated E-Mail Delivery Status Notification.

Mail-Header, Mail-Body and Error Description are attached

? ok ok ok,,,,, here is it

followed by any of the following:

? *** Attachment-Scanner: Status OK
*** Anti-Virus
*** http://www.

? *** AntiVirus: No Virus found
*** Anti-Virus
*** http://www.

? *** Server-AntiVirus: No Virus (Clean)
*** Anti-Virus
*** http://www.

Well now I have talked myself back into thinking maybe your right....?:|

by lost_one

In a company inviroment you could have a page come up at the beginning of every week agreeing to the company's policy on computer use. That would be a starting point. I do that for all users in my company and has covered my butt a few times.

by nees

That's a great idea.
Like a friend of mine who has his computer fixed so that his children have to go through the multiplication tables to get to their games. :)

by tngamecockfan

Not that the idea doesn't have merit. But think about it!! How many people drive cars w/o a licenses anyway? How many people drive w/o insurance? How many people drive on a suspended sentence for drunk driving anyway....for their 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th offense? What about illegal aliens? What about terrorists or those that steal your identity?

The only way we can follow the tracks of those that make the Net a pain to traverse is to change the TCP/IP protocol. Force the origination IP address or NIC address of the computer to be attached FOREVER. As data is forwarded, the origination point is never lost. For ISP users, they would have to have an appendage to the ISP's IP address that would be certain of who sent the data/email from within the ISP's network. This would be some what of a radical change to the protocol, but it sure would stop/slowdown the amount of spamming and viruses that lurk on the Net. JMHO

by nees

That's a great idea. The origination point is never lost. Is this realistic? If so, why isn't this done now?

This discussion is closed to new replies.