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Goertzel Karen wrote:
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<p><font size="2">I've been struggling for a while to synthesise a
definition of secure software that is short and sweet, yet accurate and
comprehensive.</font></p>
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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.<br>
<blockquote>Reliable software does what it is supposed to do. Secure
software does what it is supposed to do, and <i>nothing else</i>.<br>
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Crispin<br>
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Crispin Cowan, Ph.D. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://crispincowan.com/~crispin/">http://crispincowan.com/~crispin/</a>
Director of Software Engineering, Novell <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://novell.com">http://novell.com</a>
Necessity is the mother of invention ... except for pure math
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