Re: lots of monkeys staring at a screen....security?

[Joanna Rutkowska <joanna () invisiblethings org>]

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Dave Korn wrote:
/.../
>   Second point is: defense in depth.  It's an extra barrier.  You don't /not/
> run an AV just because someone can write a custom virus it won't detect.  You
> run simple and automated systems that can deal with the 90% of threats that
> are easily managed in order to free up valuable /human/ resource to look into
> the 10% that really do need to be understood.  It does /work/; it's just that,
> when working, it only has a limited role to fill and is not a
> one-stop-shop-one-size-fits-all-be-all-and-end-all-turnkey-security-solution.

Nobody says it needs to be a one-size-fits-all solution - it's just that
there is a difference between something which is capable of
detecting/preventing only a bunch of *known* exploits vs. something
which is capable of preventing a known *class* of attacks...

joanna.


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