Re: controversial paper

From: Ernst Lippe (ernstl-at-planet-dot-nl_at_ignore.this)
Date: 09/27/03 

Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 01:30:56 +0200

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 22:41:36 +0000, Tom St Denis wrote:

>
> "Ben Mord" <benmord@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:bl2evg$7gkfi$1@ID-101018.news.uni-berlin.de...
>> Interesting.
>>
>> This seems to be a controversial paper:
>> http://www.ccianet.org/papers/cyberinsecurity.pdf
>>
>> Published here:
>> http://www.ccianet.org/index.php3

> The net sum of the paper is "windows bad because it has flaws".

No. The main thesis of the paper is that a monoculture is bad for
security, because the majority of the systems will share the same
vulnerabilities.

Given the fact that all computer systems have some vulnerabilities,
the validity of that thesis does not depend on the security of the
dominant computer system.

greetings,

Ernst Lippe

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