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Security myths and architectural realities
Thursday January 27, 2005 (06:00 PM GMT)
By: Bruce Byfield

>From user accounts to viruses, security is one of the basic concerns in
computing. Yet, although everybody talks about security, much of what
average computer users believe about security is inaccurate, because
their explanations refer primarily to symptoms of system behavior rather
than to principles of system design. In this interview with Dan Razzell,
a computer scientist with over 25 years of experience in system
architecture and security, we discuss the differences between how
average computer users and security professionals approach security.

http://www.newsforge.com/software/05/01/21/1453247.shtml