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RE: Article: "Security Absurdity: The Complete, Unquestionable, And Total Failure of Information Security."


From: Angela and Donald <info () dna-works com>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 20:31:43 -0600

good record with consumer data. If your local Telco can offer 
99.995% uptime why shouldn't security.

Ummm, because those aren't even remotely the same thing?  Because increasing
uptime does not invariably lead customers to try to circumvent that uptime
because it's too difficult to use?  Because uptime will never be sacrificed
on the altar of short-term savings?

I understand and sympathize with your point but those are not even slightly
comparable metrics and you do both yourself and your clients a disservice
thinking that they are ....

Donald Wheeler



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