Re: And another one just for fun!

From: Owen Rees (orees_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/24/03 

Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 15:03:14 +0100

On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 08:08:00 -0700, "elsid" <elsid@crbn.com> wrote in
<1061726985.163664@nntp.cyberus.ca>:

>This requires a re thinking of computer security as a whole and moving away
>from the "you can't get in my system" paradigm, which is akin to protecting
>the countries borders, to 'this data (file,directory,file system, device)
>can only be accessed in this manner'.

We have known about the problem for over 30 years (see the Andersom
panel report from 1972, and other computer security research of that
period).

The problem now is the same as it was then, people are not prepared to
pay in advance for a system that is resistant to attack. 

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