[SC-L] Dark Reading - Discovery and management - Security Startups Make Debut - Security News Analysis

[Blue Boar]

ljknews wrote:
> Analyzing source code is independent of machine architecture.
> 
> My guess is that if a company actually is capable of analyzing
> binary code they only do it for the highest volume instruction
> sets.
> 
> My guess is that attackers will go after machines they feel are
> less protected.
> 
> Efforts which merely change attacker behavior are a waste of time.

Nope. If I'm running x86 boxes, I'd be more than happy to have to
attackers move to SPARC.

Besides, once a bug is found in the x86 binary, the problem gets fixed
in the source and/or compiler.

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