Re: Examples of lost security when integrating (secure) SW

[email protected] Wed, 09 Jun 2004 15:40:30 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.programming
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 14:10:18 +0200, Magnus Therning <[email protected]>  said:

> Bruce Schneier spends a few pages in Secrets & Lies on the subject,
> without offering any examples of what can happen. I seem to remember
> some talk on a conference (was it Usenix?) a few years ago__I never
> attended it but I read the abstract of the papers/talks--where a talk on
> security mentioned a case where the combination of two security features
> effectively cancelled each other.
> 
> Can anyone offer any more concrete examples, ideally not only academic
> ones?

Install 2 competitor's anti-virus packages on the same PC, and stand back as they
start fighting with each other. ;)
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