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Re:SolarWinds hack was 'largest and most sophisticated attac... by Ragnarork on Monday February 15, 2021 @05:14AM (#26141183)
Given that software engineering is part of aerospace engineering, some of it is part of that engineering success.

But a key aspect of this is that one does not develop software for airplanes the same way and with the same constraints/goals as other areas of software engineering.

If anything, aerospace engineering is a prime example of how software can be made more reliable by tolerating failures instead of relying on it not to fail, to come back to GP's point about failure-tolerant designs.

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Re:SolarWinds hack was 'largest and most sophisticated attac... by WalterBright on Monday February 15, 2021 @05:24AM (#26141244)
> aerospace engineering is a prime example of how software can be made more reliable by tolerating failures instead of relying on it not to fail

Exactly. I often have a hard time getting this point across, glad I succeeded.

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