Re: [ga] Net security's a losing battle

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 07:59:48AM -0700, Patrick Greenwell wrote:
> > based on the notion that you can build products to plug the holes," said
> > Schneier. "But we are losing the battle with computer security. We are
> > building new products, but every year gets actively worse."
> 
> F.U.D. The problem is *with* the new products, because organizations are
> so rushed to shove product out the door security if it is considered at
> all is largely an afterthought. This does not render the problem
> unsolvable. 

Whether it is solvable or not, it is a real problem, not FUD. 

> Do away with laughable EULA's(would you buy a car that said
> "may blow up or not run at all but we're not responsible?") and start
> holding companies accountable for the crap they are foisting upon the public
> and I guarantee you'd see a world of change.

If everybody would just get along, we would have world peace.  The 
devil is in the details.

-- 
Kent Crispin                               "Be good, and you will be
kent@songbird.com                           lonesome." -- Mark Twain
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