Posts Tagged ‘security’

The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security

Monday, May 12th, 2008

A bit dated, but still a good read with thought-provoking ideas about things not to do in the name of security.

  1. Default Permit
  2. Enumerating Badness
  3. Penetrate and Patch
  4. Hacking is Cool
  5. Educating Users
  6. Action is Better Than Inaction

    http://www.ranum.com/security/computer_security/editorials/dumb/