> When the next massive security bug is found (which is inevitable with all code, open source or closed) you are left essentially with 10k unusable laptops. Wh

> When the next massive security bug is found (which is inevitable with all code, open source or closed) you are left essentially with 10k unusable laptops. While this is less useful for devices going outside the network (e.g. the laptops you mention), I suspect that the big enterprise response is going to have to be smarter networks. I can easily picture high end fully managed switches becoming more like firewalls, possibly even to the stage of deep packet inspection for recognized patterns. Not having worked with this, does the ME get its own IP or piggyback looking for particular patterns in packets? And how feasible is it to detect by testing for missing packets (or spurious ones if they're received and passed through?)