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Nice idea, does not work

Posted May 17, 2003 11:04 UTC (Sat) by ptr (guest, #5885)
Parent article: Security modules begin to appear

The problem is that with a multitude of trusted programs, there will be buggy/exploitable programs as well which can be forced into executing arbitrary code.

Thus this module certainly adds an additional layer of annoyance to someone trying to break into the system, but not more...

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Posted May 27, 2003 14:16 UTC (Tue) by pg (guest, #11477) [Link]

Isn't that what most security measures are, layers? There will always be a way
into a system that is connected to a network, one just has to make it so hard
that it's not worth it.

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