-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -- "'Rich Kulawiec'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...] One of the things about IT security which continues to amaze and disappoint me simultaneously is that a huge number of people have come to accept that it's "routine" for systems to be succesfully attacked by viruses. No offense to Fergie, who I have tremendous respect for on multiple levels, but the existence of the entire antivirus industry is a testament to the persuasive power of marketing and a prima facie indicator of abysmally poor operating system security. > Thanks for the kind words, but a minor clarification. I'm primarily a networking researcher, working for a security company. One component of my company's product suite is anti-virus. Anyone who actually thinks that AV is some magic bullet is sorely misguided -- it is simply yet another tool. Period. $02, - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) wj8DBQFIFgVeq1pz9mNUZTMRAiixAKDrSleJFFtWNN20iCi4KajohDJ5wQCfTCax /Tghyiq1iwz+Yq3UdF/e8XY= =KOAi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
