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Do We Really Need a Security Industry?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the only-if-software-had-no-bugs dept.

netbuzz noted that Bruce Schneir's latest column discusses the security industry where he points out that "The primary reason the IT security industry exists is because IT products and services aren't naturally secure. If computers were already secure against viruses, there wouldn't be any need for antivirus products. If bad network traffic couldn't be used to attack computers, no one would bother buying a firewall. If there were no more buffer overflows, no one would have to buy products to protect against their effects. If the IT products we purchased were secure out of the box, we wouldn't have to spend billions every year making them secure."

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  1. Blah, blah, blah ... by PhxBlue · · Score: 5, Funny

    If computers were already secure against viruses, there wouldn't be any need for antivirus products. If bad network traffic couldn't be used to attack computers, no one would bother buying a firewall. ...

    And if pigs flew out of my arse, I wouldn't need to go to the supermarket to buy bacon. What's his point?

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    !#@%*)anks for hanging up the phone, dear.
  2. That's gross by Lurker2288 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You'd eat bacon from your own ass pigs? Remind me not to come to your house for BLTs.