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From: Dave Krebes on 17 Feb 2010 16:23 What is a "security fix?" Here is my guess: The present anti-virus strategy is a reduced dependence on vaccines like Norton Anti-Virus and more on carefully written software so that the virus can't get a hook on it. To illustrate: The most common software bug is the "infinite loop". Virus-proof software has no infinite loops, and no input, no matter how maliciously created, can set one up. Closing up these infinite loops is called a "security fix"; this is the primary reason we must keep updating our web browsers, OS's, etc. Am I right?
From: Ivan Marsh on 17 Feb 2010 16:34 Dave Krebes wrote: > What is a "security fix?" > > Here is my guess: > > The present anti-virus strategy is a reduced dependence on vaccines like > Norton Anti-Virus and more on carefully written software so that the virus > can't get a hook on it. > > To illustrate: The most common software bug is the "infinite loop". > Virus-proof software has no infinite loops, and no input, no matter how > maliciously created, can set one up. > > Closing up these infinite loops is called a "security fix"; this is the > primary reason we must keep updating our web browsers, OS's, etc. > > Am I right? no. -- "All right, all right, if it will make you happy, I will overthrow society." - Philip J. Fry
From: Jon Solberg on 17 Feb 2010 17:10 On 2010-02-17, Dave Krebes <dkrebes(a)gmail.com> wrote: > What is a "security fix?" > > Here is my guess: [...] > > Am I right? No. What on Earth makes you think that? > X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5843 Ah. That explains it all. -- Jon Solberg (remove "nospam." from email address).
From: J G Miller on 17 Feb 2010 17:15 On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:23:43 +0000, Dave Krebes wrote: > The present anti-virus strategy is a reduced dependence on vaccines like > Norton Anti-Virus and more on carefully written software so that the > virus can't get a hook on it. What relevance is Norton Anti-Virus to GNU/OS Linux operating system, the topic of this news group, and an operating system which you do not appear to use? > X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5843 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579
From: Auric__ on 17 Feb 2010 17:44
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:23:43 GMT, Dave Krebes wrote: > What is a "security fix?" > > Here is my guess: > > The present anti-virus strategy is a reduced dependence on vaccines like > Norton Anti-Virus and more on carefully written software so that the virus > can't get a hook on it. > > To illustrate: The most common software bug is the "infinite loop". > Virus-proof software has no infinite loops, and no input, no matter how > maliciously created, can set one up. > > Closing up these infinite loops is called a "security fix"; this is the > primary reason we must keep updating our web browsers, OS's, etc. > > Am I right? Short article: http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/V/virus.html Long article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus -- Did God have wheels? |