Re: is x10.com dead?

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Dream on.

     http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6041685.html

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2006/tc20060221_730128.htm

If you examine CERT security reports you'll find that Unix based systems
have as many or more security problems as Windows systems. The fact that
they represent less than 5% of desktop machines is the reason they seem to
be less vulnerable.

Security through obscurity isn't likely to last.

"Bill Kearney" <wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Or you just buy a machine running an OS without the risks and a firewall to
>block the garbage.  I suppose the analogy of a mac or linux box behind an
>added firewall box would compare to getting better switches and a repeater
>that works reliably.