Kann man vom Otto-Normal-Anwender wirklich verlangen, dass er anspruchsvolle Sicherheitsprobleme an seinem PC selbst löst?

Frage: Can one reasonably expect the average man on the street to understand his computer in a way that gives him the ability to secure his computer? The average driver cannot repair security problems in his car, so why should the end user have to do this for his computer?

Anonymous: That's a good point, and a hard-to-answer question. The problem isn't users, though. It's vendors (and yeah, Microsoft, I'm talking to you, even though you're only one offender of many). Users wouldn't need to secure anything if vendors audited their code (or audited it more efficiently). The folks at OpenBSD do it with a nominal staff and a few donations ("no remote holes in four years").

Why can't larger firms - Microsoft, Sun, HP - do the same? Which is money better spent, 1-minute spots on network television or a good security code audit? You figure it out. Unfortunately, the reality is, users must find some measure of security on their own - because vendors aren't doing that great of a job. But yes....the average computer user can pick up a few books and definitely secure their system.