Re: system reliability -- Re: titles

2004-08-31 Thread Ed Gerck
David Honig wrote: At 12:12 AM 8/27/04 -0700, Ed Gerck wrote: David Honig wrote: "Applications can't be any more secure than their operating system." -Bram Cohen That sounds cute but I believe it is incorrect. Example: error- correcting codes. The theory of error-correcting codes allows information

Re: system reliability -- Re: titles

2004-08-31 Thread David Honig
At 12:12 AM 8/27/04 -0700, Ed Gerck wrote: > >David Honig wrote: >> "Applications can't be any more secure than their >> operating system." -Bram Cohen > >That sounds cute but I believe it is incorrect. Example: error- >correcting codes. The theory of error-correcting codes allows >information to b

system reliability -- Re: titles

2004-08-28 Thread Ed Gerck
David Honig wrote: "Applications can't be any more secure than their operating system." -Bram Cohen That sounds cute but I believe it is incorrect. Example: error- correcting codes. The theory of error-correcting codes allows information to be coded so that it can be recovered even after significan