Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 15:09:34 +0100
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>, Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linux interface for
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> 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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