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bumper sticker slogan for secure software


From: wietse at porcupine.org (Wietse Venema)
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:28:01 -0400 (EDT)

Dana Epp:
Or perhaps less arrogance in believing "it won't sink".

Absolutely. Here's my $0.02:

        secure software fails safely

Any non-trivial piece of software has defects. My challenge is not
to eliminate the last defect, but to make the system safe to use
(for some appropriate definition of safe) in the presence of defects.

        Wietse


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