I might buy your idea, but the analogy of a car and computers is flawed. Cars are special (specific) purpose machines, whereas a computer is a general purpose. When it comes to computers, there is no one size fits all, where standards can be applied universally or mandated by federal government intervention. The real problem in a imperfect world, is administrators who don't take security and many other aspects seriously. A conscientious administrator is doesn't get caught with his/her pants down. It really drives me up a wall to read about vendors being to blame, when the administrator could have prevented the problems months or even years before hand.

It's true that cars have safety belts, but you can't make people use them and those that don't suffer the consequences of their own actions, not GMs or Fords.


Rob John
Rdrj@mindspring.com

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