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Security People Are Insane

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"The fact is, security people *are* insane. You just argue all the time, instead of doing anything productive. So please don't include me in the Cc on your insane arguments - instead do something productive and I'm interested."— Linus Torvalds, in anOctober 19th, 2007 posting to the Linux Kernel Mailing List.

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tuxchick ·
That's how I felt when I was researching AppArmor and SELinux, and trying to figure out the pros and cons of each- so-called security experts are nuts. Though actually I've felt that way for a long time- way too many so-called security gurus are so paranoid they see all threats as the same, and don't offer any rational basis for figuring out a practical security plan.

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