>A sufficiently powerful bomb will win every time. It seems a bit strange to want to hold software to a higher standard here. A brick fortification built in th

>A sufficiently powerful bomb will win every time. It seems a bit strange to want to hold software to a higher standard here. A brick fortification built in the 1800s will always offer some defense from small arms fire. You can't cause that fort to attack all other nearby forts. The side effects of the fort are locally limited. A computer that allows unauthorized infiltration of command (not just denial of service) can be used as an offensive weapon by anyone (or any bot) anywhere. [Edit]It's like building your fort out of crates of explosives, instead of bricks.[/Edit] The side effects of a computer are not locally limited. I think it is only rational to require a standard appropriate with such a radically different set of side-effects.