[SC-L] "Bumper sticker" definition of secure software

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At 3:27 PM -0400 7/15/06, Goertzel Karen wrote:
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> I've been struggling for a while to synthesise a definition of secure
>software that is short and sweet, yet accurate and comprehensive. Here's
>what I've come up with:
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> Secure software is software that remains dependable despite efforts to
>compromise its dependability.
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> Agree? Disagree?

I disagree about that being bumper-sticker size, and I think we really
need bumper stickers.
-- 
Larry Kilgallen