On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 09:04:17AM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: >I am sorry, at this stage, I prefer to learn the programming and coding >that *created* security. I don't learn security because of security, >general. :) > >When I could control security by proper programming and coding, I got >secuity automagically.
Wrong! Security is more a state of mind, and a way of doing things than software. It's very hard to break bad habits, not to mention that it's easy enough to trash a system accidentally when running as root. Many of the fundamental flaws in Microsoft's ``systems'' are the result of people who don't understand or think about security. DOS and Windows prior to NT/2000/SP have _NO_ security because they're built on what was essentially a hobbyists BDPL (Brain Damaged Program Loader) designed for a single user operating in isolation, not on a network. WinNT/2K/XP have the potential to be more secure, but Microsoft's whole strategy of making things easy for the ignorant and lazy, and their general lack of knowledge in building secure systems has resulted in systems that average multiple major security holes found every month. Security is more than anticipating cracking attempts, and includes protecting against accidental damage ranging from normal fumble-fingering to disk failures without proper verified backups. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear shoes, bathe and not make messes in the house. -- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love" _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
