Reliability is concerned only with accidental failures while security has
to consider malicious attacks as well. The difference is in the intent of
the software user: benign or malicious.
And for a bumper sticker, here is one for the pessimists:
Secure Software is a Myth
and another version for
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I was recently looking at some code to do regular expression matching,
when it occurred to me that one can produce fairly small regular
expressions that require huge amounts of space and time. There's
nothing in the slightest bit illegal about such regexp's - it's
Hi list, I'll introduce myself with a claim:
Software is like Titanic, pleople claim it was unsinkable. Securing is providing it power steering
thesp0nge
On 7/18/06, Gadi Evron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Rajeev Gopalakrishna wrote: Reliability is concerned only with accidental
Paolo Perego [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Software is like Titanic, pleople claim it was unsinkable. Securing is
providing it power steering
But power steering wouldn't have saved it. By the time the iceberg was
spotted, there was not enough time to turn that large a boat. Perhaps
Or perhaps less arrogance in believing it won't sink.
Absolute security is a myth. As is designing absolutely secure software.
It is a lofty goal, but one of an absolute that just isn't achievable as
threats change and new attack patterns are found. Designing secure
software is about attaining a
Best for older cars...
My other car is a bit more secure
Best for Volvos (or pick another high safety brand):
I wish my finance systems are as safe as this car
Honk if you want secure software
Who has your data? Ask for secure software next time
thanks,
Andrew
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well...
there's no possible definition...
unless programmers start thinking and acting in another way, and who
commissions the software respect and pays for the real value of it, and
users understand the value,
Secure Software is an Oxymoron
(there may be a reason why this has moron
