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Re: Your Opinion
From: bugtraq () cgisecurity net
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:22:48 -0500 (EST)
I think an issue is that if they are providing an OS and charging for it, that it should have these security features by default. The user shouldn't have to pay additional money to ensure the initial product they purchased is secure. Not to mention of course certain vendors are going to start seeing a drop in business for certain products. I wonder will this turn out like the IE/Netscape browser wars a few years ago? Regards, - Robert Auger http://www.cgisecurity.com/ Application Security news and More http://www.webappsec.org/ http://www.qasec.com/
I have heard the comment "It's a huge conflict of interest" for one company to provide both an operating platform and a security platform" made by John Thompson (CEO Symantec) many times from many different people. See article below. http://www2.csoonline.com/blog_view.html?CID=32554 In my personal opinion, regardless of the vendor, if they create an OS, why would it be a conflict of interest for them to want to protect their own OS from attack. One would assume that this is a responsible approach by the vendor, but one could also argue that their OS should be coded securely in the first place. If this were to happen then the need for the Symantec's, McAfee's of the world would some what diminsh. Anyway I am just curious as to what other people think. Thanks in advance Mark
Current thread:
- Your Opinion Mark Litchfield (Mar 16)
- Re: Your Opinion bugtraq (Mar 16)
- Re: Your Opinion Jonathan Glass (GM) (Mar 16)
- RE: Your Opinion Mario Contestabile (Mar 16)
- Re: Your Opinion Crispin Cowan (Mar 16)
- Re: Your Opinion William A. Rowe, Jr. (Mar 16)
- RE: Your Opinion Scott Blake (Mar 16)
- Re: Your Opinion The Fungi (Mar 17)
- Re: Your Opinion Casper . Dik (Mar 17)
- RE: Your Opinion Jim Harrison (Mar 20)
- RE: Your Opinion Jim Harrison (Mar 17)
- RE: Your Opinion Alex Eckelberry (Mar 19)
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