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Torvalds: geeky kids need dates [risks] Risks Digest 22.92
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 21:12:34 -0400
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 14:17:45 -0700 From: "NewsScan" <newsscan () newsscan com> Subject: c Asked how to end virus and worm attacks, Linux creator Linus Torvalds told an interviewer: "When you have people who hook up these machines that weren't designed for the Internet, and they don't even want to know about all the intricacies of network security, what can you expect? We get what we have now: a system that can be brought down by a teenager with too much time on his hands. Should we blame the teenager? Sure, we can point the finger at him and say, 'Bad boy!' and slap him for it. Will that actually fix anything? No. The next geeky kid frustrated about not getting a date on Saturday night will come along and do the same thing without really understanding the consequences. So either we should make it a law that all geeks have dates -- I'd have supported such a law when I was a teenager -- or the blame is really on the companies who sell and install the systems that are quite that fragile." [*The New York Times Magazine*, 28 Sep 2003; NewsScan Daily, 29 Sep 2003] http://partners.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/magazine/WLN104109.html ------------------------------
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