Professor 'horrified' by poor security

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Professor 'horrified' by poor security
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/25/1098667678959.html

By Edmund Tadros
October 26, 2004
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Western computer systems are becoming more vulnerable to
cyber-attacks, according to an information technology expert.

Most commercial software makers have "abrogated" their responsibility
to create truly secure software, says Professor William Caelli, head
of the school of software engineering and data communications at the
Queensland University of Technology. Caelli told last week's
Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers conference
that he was "horrified" at the thought that intelligence-related
systems might be developed on unprotected off-the-shelf platforms.

"Under no conditions should anyone in their sane mind run intelligence
analytical systems on a Microsoft platform," he says. He recommends
"Solaris version eight or better" as a secure platform for
intelligence systems and says the only way to secure a Microsoft-based
system would be by "air gapping", or disconnecting the computer system
completely from the internet.

"I'm talking about the problem of putting highly security-relevant
systems on a totally insecure base," Caelli says.

He believes there is no commercial motivation for the information
technology industry to develop truly secure systems. "The problem is,
essentially, the (information technology) industry itself abrogated
its responsibility relating to security some 20 years ago. Today's
servers and client systems are less secure than (the) mainframes I
used in the 1970s."

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