At 4:24 PM 9/14/94, nobody@shell.portal.com wrote:
Private on-line services use proprietary software to move funds, which reduces the risk of thieves breaking into the system. But only subscribers are permitted to make on-line purchases, and then only from participating merchants. For example, fewer than 3% of the people who frequent the CompuServe "mall" each month buy anything. The Internet, by contrast, is an unsecured free-for-all that uses "open" software to let tens of thousands of computers link up. That means more computer jocks know how it really works, increasing the chances of a break-in.
These are my favorite paragraphs. 1) Proprietary == secure 2) Understanding how it works == insecure -j -- "Blah Blah Blah" ___________________________________________________________________ Jamie Lawrence <jamiel@sybase.com>