I see your point. If we engineered cows to be resistant to e.coli then we'd have a "more secure" cow. So in effect the problem actually does and does not already exist depending on your perspective. However it isn't a problem until e. coli shows up. Heh, I guess what I said could also be more amusingly applied to humans. We've got lots of design flaws, look at the "common cold!" (I'm joking here)
Who would've thought we could use cows as an analogy for OS secuity designs?
Yes, I noticed the same thing. If someone were infectin cattle with e. coli bacteria, they would be introducing a problem that did not exist before hand. Back Orifice exploits problems that already exist.
I looked for the author's email address at both CNN and IDG.net where the article originated but was also unsuccesful in locating the address.
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I see your point. If we engineered cows to be resistant to e.coli then we'd have a "more secure" cow. So in effect the problem actually does and does not already exist depending on your perspective. However it isn't a problem until e. coli shows up. Heh, I guess what I said could also be more amusingly applied to humans. We've got lots of design flaws, look at the "common cold!" (I'm joking here)
Who would've thought we could use cows as an analogy for OS secuity designs?
Yes, I noticed the same thing. If someone were infectin cattle with e. coli bacteria, they would be introducing a problem that did not exist before hand. Back Orifice exploits problems that already exist.
I looked for the author's email address at both CNN and IDG.net where the article originated but was also unsuccesful in locating the address.