[wellylug] Opensouce "infectious" and should be "Quarantined"- NZ Government..

David Murray newslists at electronincantation.net.nz
Tue Mar 14 00:31:50 NZDT 2006


On Mon, 13 Mar 2006, Timothy Goddard wrote:

> No system can achieve perfect security, as any good administrator knows.
> You may then say that no system fully works. However even the simplest
> form of security, such as the lock on a filing cabinet (which can be
> broken just by pulling hard enough), provides some measure of
> protection, so a security system is never completely useless (ignoring
> implementation costs). All systems lie somewhere in the grey.

Would you say that very many layers of well maintained "filing cabinet" 
grade security devices are better than one honking great safe with 
three-feet-thick walls and a silent combination lock?


Regards

David Murray




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