Kelly Martin, 2005-02-17
There's more innovation coming from today's virus writers than from the big software companes whose core goals are to progress and innovate.
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Calculator...and complexity
2005-02-18
Anonymous
Anonymous
By contrast, xcalc only takes 23k, not counting the shared libraries for X, libc, libm that are used by many other applications.
It isn't complexity that causes a security problem - it is artificial complexity generated by poor architecture.
You cannot have a secure application when the founda...
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It isn't complexity that causes a security problem - it is artificial complexity generated by poor architecture.
You cannot have a secure application when the founda...
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Complexity Kills Innovation
2005-02-18
Anonymous
Anonymous
I agree that security has become all important. It's a shame that so many talented individuals choose to focus their efforts on writing viruses instead of something useful. While it is no excuse for the weak software that reaches the market, as a programmer and a system administrator, I can safely s...
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Complexity Kills Innovation
2005-02-18
Anonymous
Anonymous
Food for thought: I think the author is right. I was considering his article and tried to think of some signs that you could tell your software has turned to bloatware. So far I can only think of one:
1. When your program team cannot account for what is going on in their responsible areas.
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1. When your program team cannot account for what is going on in their responsible areas.
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Virus def. files?
2005-02-19
Bipin Gautam <visitbipin_hotmail.com>
Bipin Gautam <visitbipin_hotmail.com>
already... virus def. files are growing like a blowfish: still, rest of the world (!=USA)is stuck in dialup. I'm sure there ain't many dialup home users who will be willing to update their ~=6 mb files every 15 days. The size scares. AV companies should think of a better bundelling of the def. files...
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Complexity Kills Innovation
2005-02-20
Anonymous
Anonymous
Not that I don't agree with you, but simplicity in the windows case would allow IE to be separated from the OS. That's not their business model. That's not what their share holders want. That's not gonna happen.
Bronze was king till we learned how to work with iron. If you want a simple windows l...
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Bronze was king till we learned how to work with iron. If you want a simple windows l...
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Complexity Kills Innovation
2005-02-20
Anti_Venum
Anti_Venum
The only real way is for software companies to take the time to secure their program's more. That is just the very short answer, big pain, will not happen any time soon, so perhaps the solution is more on the user end then? Firewalls, Spyware removers, not using programs like IE that have a ton of p...
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Complexity Kills Innovation
2005-02-20
Anonymous
Anonymous
Virus writers are innovative?
Funny, if you look at any of the AV vendors databases, most viruses seem to be based on the same couple of models, and are rehashed over and over and over again. A few "subject" line changes here, an attachment name change there .. and thats innovation?
Even network...
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Funny, if you look at any of the AV vendors databases, most viruses seem to be based on the same couple of models, and are rehashed over and over and over again. A few "subject" line changes here, an attachment name change there .. and thats innovation?
Even network...
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Let's take this dubious analogy further
2005-02-20
Anonymous (1 replies)
Anonymous (1 replies)
Consider the human body. Compare that to a nice efficent virus, like influenza. Isn't it disgraceful that humans are so bloated and inefficient? Why, it's billions of times bigger than a virus! Shouldn't we be designing nice simple single-celled humans without all the overhead of brains, limbs, sexu...
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Let's take this dubious analogy further
2005-02-25
Anonymous
Anonymous
>>The number of bytes on disk a program occupies is one of the least interesting factors about its security or lack thereof. For example, writing a progam in a higher-level language such as Java or C# will make it use more memory and drag in megs of supporting libraries. However, it will probably be...
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Microsoft has introduced complexity in its products to impede competition. This has nothing to do with computer science. It's similar to a drug lord rigging his competitors with bul...
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