From: Robert Comer 

>but it is impossible, immho, to protect users
>from themselves especially with zero-day exploits.

Yep, with the internet and Windows the way they are, it is impossible. All
we can do is be able to fix problems as they come up.

I practice on home user machines -- you'd be surprised just how bad a PC
can get and still almost function.  (of course, there's no backup, so it
can be tricky to retain any of the users data!)

--
Bob Comer



On Wed, 02 May 2007 08:29:18 -0400, Richard B.  wrote:

>On Tue, 1 May 2007 19:27:12 -0400, "Geo."
 wrote:
>
>>I mean servers and desktops, and since 1995 they have had limited internet
>>access (only business related stuff) and email (without the ability to
>>receive attachments directly) and in all that time we have had zero spyware
>>and zero virus infections on the internal network.
>
>I've had two machines get hit from going to exploited business sites
>in the past.  Once machine was not updating virus defs and the other
>machine the user decided to ignore company policy and let his daughter
>play with his laptop when away from the office.  I've continued to
>tighten restrictions but it is impossible, immho, to protect users
>from themselves especially with zero-day exploits.
>
>- Richard

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