[cap-talk] DJB on Least Privilege

[Mark Miller]

On Nov 3, 2007 1:35 PM, Jonathan S. Shapiro <shap at eros-os.com> wrote:

> All of which reminds me of an orthogonal point: people use the cost of
> legacy repair as an excuse to do nothing, and routinely ignore the fact
> that new programs naturally replace old at a surprisingly rapid pace.
> This raises the question: why are we (i.e. the field, and particularly
> academia) not focusing much greater attention on improved
> software/security engineering for virgin programs?


I just wanted to say that this is an excellent point that should be shouted
from the rooftops.

Do any of us here, by any chance, know of any kind of quantitative data
regarding how rapid this pace of replacement is, in any important context?

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   Cheers,
   --MarkM
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