Today, EE times released the below article regarding making networks, websites, and software "hacker proof". I think what most of these companies fail to realize is that their will always be some hole or some mistake some were in their code. Take windows for instance, how do you write an operating system that has millions of lines of code, with out a single hole? In my eye's it's impossible, the only way to combat these holes is over beta testing products, which is probably one of the reasons Apple's Mac OS X seems to run so clean. Another way to combat this problems is an active response to exploit and security holes, and example would be apache, web server software that's know for it's "unhackability" was found to have a devastating security hole. When Apache software group was notified a patch was released within 24 hours.
"Three such products were announced this past week. Cisco Systems Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) rolled out a series of a multigigabit security modules for its network switches. Startup Bodacion Technologies Inc. (Barrington, Ill.) said it has developed what may be the first unhackable network server, aimed primarily at government agencies concerned about the potential of cyberterror. And Pacific Northwest National Laboratory said it has created a software program that combs through Web sites to identify sensitive information that needs to be removed."
"The Hydra server incorporates the sparest possible real-time operating system — the RTOS kernel's footprint is just 4 kbytes — and it employs a very random but powerful security algorithm. On top of the OS, Bodacion engineers added their own proprietary code, bringing their system size to about 128 kbytes. A Java Virtual Machine sits atop the 128-kbyte kernel."
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