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

[Crispin Cowan]

Goertzel Karen wrote:
>
> I've been struggling for a while to synthesise a definition of secure
> software that is short and sweet, yet accurate and comprehensive.
>
My favorite is by Ivan Arce, CTO of Core Software, coming out of a
discussion between him and I on a mailing list about 5 years ago.

    Reliable software does what it is supposed to do. Secure software
    does what it is supposed to do, and /nothing else/.

Crispin

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Crispin Cowan, Ph.D.                      http://crispincowan.com/~crispin/
Director of Software Engineering, Novell  http://novell.com
     Necessity is the mother of invention ... except for pure math

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