[Am-info] News: Tech industry warned: 'We're at war'

[Fred A. Miller]

Computers always have holes, and network protection is never 100 
percent, said Rich DeMillo, chief security officer for Hewlett-Packard. 
"If you want a truly secure system, turn the machine off," he said. 
"Everything else is an economic trade-off."

DeMillo added that standard technologies would bring the nation closer 
to more secure systems. He praised the momentum open-source systems have 
gained.

"Linux becomes a very big part of security," he said. "Cleverness and 
secrecy seldom work to build up trust."


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Fred A. Miller
Systems Administrator
Cornell Univ. Press Services
fm@cupserv.org