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The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security

Posted by Zonk on from the don't-hire-catbert dept.

Frater 219 writes "The IT industry spends a huge amount of money on security -- and yet worms, spyware, and other relatively mindless attacks are still able to create massive havoc. Why? Marcus Ranum suggests that we've all been spending far too much time and effort on provably ineffective security measures. It may come as a surprise that anti-virus software, penetration testing, and user education are three of "The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security"."

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  1. Highly applicable by gunpowda · · Score: 5, Informative
    The Internet has given a whole new form of elbow-room to the badly socialized borderline personality.

    Woah, he's not talking about Slashdot?

  2. Re:Dumber Article... by Krunch · · Score: 5, Informative
    One of the points basically comes down to "write perfect code".
    No, it comes down to "build a perfect design".
    Of course I fricking want to install it
    But maybe you don't want it to connect to the network or touch the filesystem.
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    No GNU has been Hurd during the making of this comment.