Re:The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security (2005)
by yjftsjthsd-h on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @11:42PM
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>> "We can't stop the occasional problem" - yes, you can. Would you travel on commercial airliners if you thought that the aviation industry took this approach with your life? I didn't think so.
Also, security is like reliability/uptime: You pay for every nine. You want to keep the server up on a best effort basis and have only the most basic security? Cheap, easy, minimal time investment. You want 1 minute down per month and good security? It'll take time and effort. You want... IIRC airplanes have a failure rate around 1 in 14 million flights, give or take? How many billions of dollars do you have? Because quality still ain't cheap.
Also, security is like reliability/uptime: You pay for every nine. You want to keep the server up on a best effort basis and have only the most basic security? Cheap, easy, minimal time investment. You want 1 minute down per month and good security? It'll take time and effort. You want... IIRC airplanes have a failure rate around 1 in 14 million flights, give or take? How many billions of dollars do you have? Because quality still ain't cheap.