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A role model for security. Almost.
Jason Miller, 2005-06-08

Mark Burnett beat me to it. I was planning to write an article on the relationship between good security and paranoia in the not too distant future. However, it appears that at least one other SecurityFocus columnist shares some of my theories on good security. Either that, or he's somehow capable of reading my mind. Paranoia is generally a good thing to have. Regardless, Mark's article got me wondering about what other traits are valuable in the quest for good security.

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A Role Model for Security. Almost. 2005-06-09
Anonymous (1 replies)
Re: A Role Model for Security. Almost. 2005-06-29
Matthew Murphy
A Role Model for Security. Almost. 2005-06-11
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Re: A Role Model for Security. Almost. 2005-06-29
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A Role Model for Security. Almost. 2005-06-11
Anonymous (1 replies)
This philosophy of designing with security in mind from the beginning and creating the most bug free code possible that you so admiringly attribute to Dan Bernstein and his products qmail and djbdns is also the philosophy of the OpenBSD operating system.

If companies like Microsoft would make as much effort to clean up their own code rather than get caught up in the endless treadmill of "feature-itis", they could also vastly improve the quality and security of their products.

But, of course, "clean source code" doesn't sound so juicy in marketing literature, does it?

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Re: A Role Model for Security. Almost. 2005-06-29
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