Re: [tlug] System security and public policy [was: Anyone seen this gizmo yet?]

[Godwin Stewart <gstewart@example.com>]

On 02/09/09 02:52, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

>  > People should be more informed about securty vulnerabilty all over the 
>  > world
> 
> No, they shouldn't, any more than they should need to be informed
> about bicycle lock technology.  Systems should be constructed to be
> reasonably secure, and vendors made financially responsible for
> negligence leading to damage.

I beg to differ on one count.

Yes, vendors should be made financially accountable for failures of their
software that lead to damages to the systems of and/or financial loss
suffered by its users. However, until that becomes a reality, users must be
made aware of the risks that they run in using that software. If they still
don't care then that's their problem and they should face the consequences.

-- 
G. Stewart - gstewart@example.com

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