Re: DefCon 'Race to Zero'

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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- -- "'Rich Kulawiec'" <rsk () gsp org> wrote:

> [...] One of the things about IT security
which continues to amaze and disappoint me simultaneously is that a huge
number of people have come to accept that it's "routine" for systems to
be succesfully attacked by viruses.  No offense to Fergie, who I have
tremendous respect for on multiple levels, but the existence of the
entire antivirus industry is a testament to the persuasive power of
marketing and a prima facie  indicator of abysmally poor operating
system security.
>

Thanks for the kind words, but a minor clarification.

I'm primarily a networking researcher, working for a security
company. One component of my company's product suite is anti-virus.

Anyone who actually thinks that AV is some magic bullet is
sorely misguided -- it is simply yet another tool. Period.

$02,

- - ferg

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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/



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