full-disclosure - Re: Gates: 'You don't need perfect code' for good security

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Message-ID: <77200808.1067636636@[192.168.2.119]>
From: pauls at utdallas.edu (Paul Schmehl)
Subject: Re: Gates: 'You don't need perfect code' for
 good security

--On Friday, October 31, 2003 5:15 PM -0800 "Gary E. Miller" 
<gem@...lim.com> wrote:
>
> So what is your solution for the folks that carry those USB keychain
> memories?  People carry those around with virus infected files and
> plug them in to whatever machine they are sitting in front of.  Had
> people I never seen before try to plug them in to my hosts.  "Just
> wanted to read my email man"....
>
Man, that's so easy, I'll answer it.  You just don't allow them to do that. 
It's the "just say no" method of security.

Hey, it worked for Nancy.  :-)

Paul Schmehl (pauls@...allas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu