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Pan-Galactic QuordlepleenSo Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
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back to on topic,,,,,,,,did I say that ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,In all reality you just never know what could be in the software we use ,,,,,,,every distro just about will have packages compiled from source in their repo's and some one is doing the compiling ,,,,and could introduce anything at all .
the big Q is ,,,,,,,,,"do you feal lucky to day ,,,,,,,,well do ya punk."
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Pan-Galactic QuordlepleenSo Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
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That's right. Using a computer and its software essentially requires extending a degree of trust to mostly unknown parties.
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Isn't it amazing, given how many individuals contribute to linux, that there aren't backdoors and priveledge escalation vulnerabilities in everything? It's almost as amazing as al-Qaeda not being able to get anything past the TSA. Must be because of the NSA's SELinux software, which we're mandated to trust without question. I know it makes me feel safe and secure anyway.
Security is an illusion and people spend way too much time securing things of little or no value.
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Pan-Galactic QuordlepleenSo Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
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Originally posted by InsideJob View PostIsn't it amazing, given how many individuals contribute to linux, that there aren't backdoors and priveledge escalation vulnerabilities in everything?
Originally posted by InsideJob View PostIt's almost as amazing as al-Qaeda not being able to get anything past the TSA.
Originally posted by InsideJob View PostMust be because of the NSA's SELinux software, which we're mandated to trust without question.
Originally posted by InsideJob View PostI know it makes me feel safe and secure anyway.
Originally posted by InsideJob View PostSecurity is an illusion and people spend way too much time securing things of little or no value.
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Security is always a trade-off with usability/freedom. The only way to truly secure you computer would be to encase it in concrete and sink it to the bottom of the ocean. Anything less than that will not be 100% secure.
The al-Qaeda comment (which means the-Toilet) in Arabic is a reference to the recent 95% failure rate of the TSA. If there was really a global terrorist organization conspiring to kill you, you'd be dead already. All this fear mongering serves people who sell security services (like the military) not the public.
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Pan-Galactic QuordlepleenSo Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
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Originally posted by InsideJob View PostSecurity is always a trade-off with usability/freedom. The only way to truly secure you computer would be to encase it in concrete and sink it to the bottom of the ocean. Anything less than that will not be 100% secure.
Originally posted by InsideJob View PostThe al-Qaeda comment (which means the-Toilet) in Arabic
Originally posted by InsideJob View Postthe recent 95% failure rate of the TSA. If there was really a global terrorist organization conspiring to kill you, you'd be dead already. All this fear mongering serves people who sell security services (like the military) not the public.
I spoke about this at TechEd in 2007. An Australian journalist wrote about my session. Amazingly, my slides are still available! (Hint: slide 58 is intended to show the opposite of what a security professional is actually supposed to do.)
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