2011-01-22
no such thing
If I could only... would that make me safe? Is there a recipe for removing or mitigating all risk? Not in life. Not in software. In practice, everyday software is infinitely complex. Foreseeing and countering everything that could go wrong - however desirable - is not realistic. That's why I prefer not to talk about "secure" software. A desirable goal indeed but not within our reach. That'd be promising something we can't deliver. Software security is not absolute. It's about gray-scales and risk.
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As it is with most things!
Good point. Even somewhat specialized fields tend to reflect facts of life.
Thanks, Kris.
Strumpan, you might want to consider joining http://groups.google.com/group/sw-dev-musings for some interesting discussions...
--tole
Ah, yet another social arena to monitor. Hopefully more active than this semi-dormant blog.
Thanks for the heads up!
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