[cap-talk] "Immutable Law" #1 is alive and well at Microsoft

[Sandro Magi]

Ka-Ping Yee wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Oct 2007, Mark Miller wrote:
>   
>> As stated, no one actually believes this "law".
>>     
>
> But then why do Microsoft security people still call it "Immutable
> Law #1"?  What do they mean when they say this?
>   

It means they have no idea how to protect you from these attacks given 
their system design, so they they simply "outlawed" it. Happens a lot.

Sandro