Re: Castles and Security (fwd)

[Ryan Russell <ryan () securityfocus com>]

On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, George Capehart wrote:

> To me, the most interesting aspect of the thread has been the
> acknowledgment (once again) that it is impossible to defend against
> truly determined adversaries but that Defense in depth is a Good Thing
> (TM) and is usually necessary.  Seems to me that we're back to the
> economics of security . . . defenders rarely spend more to defend a
> target than it is worth to them and attackers spend as much on an attack
> as they're willing to pay.

That's the whole thing about the Internet.... cost of attack has dropped
to near zero.. at least if you don't believe that you'll get caught.

                                                Ryan


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