full-disclosure - A suggestion to all AV vendors...

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From: kenneth.d.ng at gmail.com (Kenneth Ng)
Subject: A suggestion to all AV vendors...

A few years ago when a big software vendor here to promote their
"cutting edge self healing" software, I quiped "I guess making
software that doesn't break was too hard for them".  I got a lot of
angry stares that indicated that they were not amused.

On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 12:43:50 -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
<Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu> wrote:
> It's still applying band-aids to a hemophiliac rather than supplying
> them with clotting factor.  The only *sustainable* long-term solution is
> to use software that was designed with a sane security model, so there's
> no *need* for a separate A/V product.
> 
> If you actually use a sane security model, not only do you vastly reduce the
> need for an A/V solution, but you also minimize the spyware and trojan issue.
> 
> 
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