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Operation Secure Your Server: How will it help?

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What's your take on the Federal Trade Commission's Operation Secure Your Server initiative? Do you agree with Jonathan Yarden that the plan focuses too much on spam? Share your comments about the viability of Operation Secure Your Server, as discussed in the Feb. 23 Internet Security Focus e-newsletter.

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by andantino

With so many school kids who need to use the Net to do their school work and so many parents who knows very little about IT, not to say IT Security; and so many people who use the Net to transact business everyday who are not IT professionals and just want to get their work done, how is it possible to "educate" them all?

by gilbertplouffe

Each PC owner should be respoonsible for securing their pc and each ISP should monitor security on their network. If an Isp find an unsecure pc (by scanning)they should give a warning to the owner and if no action is done then disconnect them from the networks until it is secure.

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