, 2007-10-10
The world of computer security can often be a strange and compelling one. Many outsiders, or those with little knowledge of computers, just don’t understand the whole uproar over various issues, such as whether Microsoft Vista is more secure then Linux or Mac. It’s all moot as far as the general population is concerned. But, for those of us who work in the industry, it is just more grist for the mill.
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Some others did comment after me to fill-out details regarding Michael Lynn and Matasano that were spot-on:
- What Lynn did was the ethical thing to do from a research standpoint. All the ethical hoops had been gone through up to the point of the presentation in terms of ISS and Cisco's interaction.
- What Matasano was doing was both security-relevant and business-relevant. The claim for awhile, despite ongoing efforts to collaborate with Joanna's camp, was that the rootkit was undetectable. You can fill in the rest of the blanks, in terms of business/security relevance, from then on.
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