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Al Viro wrote: > On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 03:14:33PM +0800, Cliffe wrote: > >> Defense in depth has long been recognised as an important secure design >> principle. Security is best achieved using a layered approach. >> > > "Layered approach" is not a magic incantation to excuse any bit of snake > oil. Homeopathic remedies might not harm (pure water is pure water), > but that's not an excuse for quackery. And frankly, most of the > "security improvement" crowd sound exactly like woo-peddlers. > I agree completely; but layers that provide actual security improvements are important. -- Z. Cliffe Schreuders BSc Comp Sci (Hons) & Int Comp PhD Candidate, Casual Tutor School of IT Murdoch University - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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