linux-kernel - Re: [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linux interface for on access scanning

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Message-ID: <20080805150934.489aae88@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 5 Aug 2008 15:09:34 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linux interface for
 on access scanning

> Sure, but what's the point of partial security? It seems to me you're
> not secure until you're fully secure, so why bother with almost?
> 
> Every bug caught with the debuggers is one caught, yay :-)
> 
> Every virus let through is a pawned system, aww :-(

Every bug missed is a crash. Security is not an absolute. If I burst into
your office with a machine gun and ask you for the password your security
system probably fails ...

Security is a risk/reward model.

Alan
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