It's also generally counter to them being available outside of that
network.
This does not follow and is not a natural consequence of sealing the little buggers up so that they cannot affect the Internet (or you private networks). Even if you lock you pet mouse in a cage, you can still feed it and clean up the shit in the cage. It just isn't free to wander out and eat the floral arrangements on the end-table.
Problem is that many of these gadgets want to be internet connected so
mother at work can check on her kids at home, start the cooking, raise
thermostat etc.
The problem is that as a novelty, people are quick to adopt, but don't
think about making their homes vulnerable to attack. (consider an
internet connected door lock)
In message <580BF91D.9060902@vaxination.ca>,
Problem is that many of these gadgets want to be internet connected so
mother at work can check on her kids at home...
Ah, technology! Just think what certain people could have accomplished
if they had only lived long enough to enjoy the fruits of our marvelous
technological advances.
And the good news, of course, is that with IPv6 everybody will have
their own set of 4 billion addresses, so all those babycam/kidcams
won't even have to be sitting behind NAT SOHO routers anymore.
Password? What password?
Regards,
rfg