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Story: Security exploits: Who's to blame?
Posted by: Peter P Sadlon (Friday 9 September 2005, 6:37 PM)
There's plenty of blame to go around.
The software makers are responsible for preventing and repairing issues with the software. This means they should keep any foreseeable holes out of there software and QUICKLY remove any that turn up despite their efforts to prevent them. Those that don't are the blame for making an insecure product; no more, no less.
The press and IT/security professionals are responsible for informing the software makers and computer users of any problems in such a way that does not compound the issue. Those that don't are the blame for reenforcing the problem by preventing appropriate communication.
The IT/security professionals and end users are responsible of understanding and applying the appropriate patches to already installed version of the software. Those that don't are the blame for leaving the issue in play.
The malicious hacker, are also the blame for exploiting these problems and actually aggravating them.
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