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> you only have to keep that 1 safe This argument may appeal to the self-indulgent system administrator who believes he alone knows perfection. In reality, the
by niels_olson 13y ago
> you only have to keep that 1 safe
This argument may appeal to the self-indulgent system administrator who believes he alone knows perfection. In reality, there is no perfection. One must know there are things one does not know. If China is stock-piling zero days against Outlook, how are you to know? In fact, if there is anything we have learned from biological systems, surely it is that when a monoculture falls, it falls harder and faster than any other variation.
- danielweber 13y agoI know it's appealing, but don't try too hard to apply biological analogies to computers. If you are trying to mitigate against all your computers being taken down at once, diversify. If you are trying to keep intruders out of your network, reduce your surface area.
- mpyne 13y agoWell, let me reiterate: "(and you'd have to keep it safe anyways)". You're right that no one is perfect, but that's no reason to expand the number of directions threats can come from.