Six dumbest ideas in computer security

Posted by bstadil on Dec 22, 2005 6:47 AM EDT
Certified Security pro; By Marcus J. Ranum
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Let me introduce you to the six dumbest ideas in computer security. What are they? They're the anti-good ideas. They're the braindamage that makes your $100,000 ASIC-based turbo-stateful packet-mulching firewall transparent to hackers. Where do anti-good ideas come from? They come from misguided attempts to do the impossible - which is another way of saying "trying to ignore reality."

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