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> Wouldn't this be an attack vector? Isn't DoSing your own OS an attack vector? and a worse one when it's used in critical infrastructure where lives are at st
by tomxor 2y ago
> Wouldn't this be an attack vector?
Isn't DoSing your own OS an attack vector? and a worse one when it's used in critical infrastructure where lives are at stake.
There is a reasonable balance to strike, sometimes it's not a good idea to go to extreme measures to prevent unlikely intrusion vectors due to the non-monetary costs.
See: The optimal amount of fraud is non-zero.
- Thorrez 2y agoIn the absence of a Crowdstrike bug, if an attacker is able to cause Crowdstrike to trigger a bluescreen, I assume the attacker would be able to trigger a bluescreen in some other way. So I don't think this is a good argument for removing the check.
- tomxor 2y agoThat assumes it's more likely than crowdstrike mass bricking all of these computers... this is the balance, it's not about possibility, it's about probability.
- Thorrez 2y agoI think we're in agreement. I now realize my previous comment replied to the wrong comment. I meant to reply to Lx1oG-AWb6h_ZG0. Sorry.