Re: [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linux interface foron access scanning

[Alan Cox]

> Sure, but what's the point of partial security? It seems to me you're
> not secure until you're fully secure, so why bother with almost?
> 
> Every bug caught with the debuggers is one caught, yay :-)
> 
> Every virus let through is a pawned system, aww :-(

Every bug missed is a crash. Security is not an absolute. If I burst into
your office with a machine gun and ask you for the password your security
system probably fails ...

Security is a risk/reward model.

Alan
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