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Deepa Mohan wrote:
A point of view that comes from someone whose ideas I respect
(actually, Maya Venkat, mmk's sister.)
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The moral is obvious. You can't trust code that you did not totally
create yourself. (Especially code from companies
Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote [at 10:16 AM 10/9/2006] :
Trust as a token of currency is based on the assumption that one is
intelligent enough (another debatable point) to ascertain the difference
between right and wrong
Too, trust isn't binary. It can be viewed as a continuum, based on
Udhay Shankar N wrote:
Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote [at 10:16 AM 10/9/2006] :
Trust as a token of currency is based on the assumption that one is
intelligent enough (another debatable point) to ascertain the difference
between right and wrong
Too, trust isn't binary. It can be viewed as a
Srini RamaKrishnan wrote [at 10:40 AM 10/9/2006] :
Indeed. Do you trust the processor that runs your code to not to act
against your interests?
I like to think of securing a system (any system) as an exercise in
rediscovering Zeno's Paradox. :)
Udhay
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