[Info-vax] Variable declarations, was: Re: improving EDT

[Scott Dorsey]

In article <o1itup$1r5d$1 at gioia.aioe.org>,
=?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>On 11/23/2016 10:58 AM, Kerry Main wrote:
>> Unfortunately, in the commodity OS world, due to the volume of
>> monthly security patches, many Operations shops have adopted a
>> "patch-n-pray" philosophy because there is no way the business
>> will give the OPS folks the corresponding amount of time to
>> re-test important applications.
>
>By commodity OS do you mean OS where software is available for and
>security bugs get found and patched?

He means an OS designed for the widest possible number of applications for
the widest possible number of users.

The consequence of that design is that it becomes impossible to actually
fix design bugs but only issue patches to deal with specific consequences
of them.  The end result of this is a constant flow of patches and an
unstable platform.  

If a system is designed for a specific application, building actual security
into it becomes much easier.
--scott
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