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Re: [LUG] Linux - and security

 

 On 05/11/2012 22:59, Simon Waters wrote:
bad apple<ifindthatinteresting@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
In computer security, there is no such thing as
"good enough"!
This is interesting idea.

Alec Muffett was commenting a few weeks ago in his blog (I paraphrase)
that we might argue that because we aren't seeing extensive disruption
(death of the Internet) and people are still using it, that perhaps
security we have currently is "good enough". I think he was trying to
highlight that there probably is a "good enough" rather than sincerely
believing we are there already.
I think in terms of personal security 'good enough' can be defined as 'Will keep me/my data safe until it's no longer relevant'. If for example I were to submit a tender for a contract I would only need any password or other security measure to keep the details of that tender secure until the contract was awarded, possibly a week or so. If however I want to keep my email secure then the password needs to be secure for much longer - or as long as the period between me changing passwords.

Julian

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