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By that logic everything that's possible is also inevitable. The feasibility of something is only one factor and, more often than not, new developments are exte
by rabbyte 12y ago
By that logic everything that's possible is also inevitable. The feasibility of something is only one factor and, more often than not, new developments are extensions of older developments.
- cromwellian 12y agoDo you think that the exploits that Stuxnet took advantage of would not have been discovered or leveraged by Russian, Chinese, or other hackers? I would argue that if your system has a flaw, and the threat model is such that it's feasible for an entity with the resources of a nation state to take advantage of and the value of penetration is high, sooner or later, it will be taken advantage of. So yes, in that sense, it is inevitable. There's no benefit to closing our eyes and hope that no other state'e NSA equivalent will be able to penetrate our flaws.
- rabbyte 12y agoI'm not at all in disagreement on your security ethic. It's difficult to say what would happen but context does matter. If Stuxnet came from a different source, had a different target, or was published as a research project the effects would be different. History is ripe with instances where someone makes a discovery, keeps it secret, and it remains secret for a long time so I'm not willing to believe everything is inevitable just yet.