escalation
when i think of security, i think of escalation.
take, for instance, viruses.
hacker jim makes a simple, self-replicating virus that sends itself in the form of an email attachment (not unlike a great many of those that went around in the late 90s.)
alex, the antivirus man, develops a program to detect a certain signature in the virus program and remove it.
jim makes a different signature.
alex edits his detection scheme.
jim makes a more subtle version of the virus, cleverly disguised as "system64.dlll.exe" as opposed to "angryclown.exe"
alex uncovers it.
jim creates a more aggressive version, which disables the antivirus program. alex makes rescue disks.
in the meantime, alex has been tracing the spread of the viruses and realizes it's his neighbor, jim.
alex calls the cops.
jim runs.
in a sense, it's very much like a war. i do suppose that is what most wars can be like.
arms race anyone?
take, for instance, viruses.
hacker jim makes a simple, self-replicating virus that sends itself in the form of an email attachment (not unlike a great many of those that went around in the late 90s.)
alex, the antivirus man, develops a program to detect a certain signature in the virus program and remove it.
jim makes a different signature.
alex edits his detection scheme.
jim makes a more subtle version of the virus, cleverly disguised as "system64.dlll.exe" as opposed to "angryclown.exe"
alex uncovers it.
jim creates a more aggressive version, which disables the antivirus program. alex makes rescue disks.
in the meantime, alex has been tracing the spread of the viruses and realizes it's his neighbor, jim.
alex calls the cops.
jim runs.
in a sense, it's very much like a war. i do suppose that is what most wars can be like.
arms race anyone?
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