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Literally the entire guiding principle for security architecture for the past decade or even more has been that "there is no such thing as an indestructible wall".


I agree, perfection isn’t a realistic expectation. I also think effort spent building better defenses leads to fewer exploits over time than adding more of the same defenses. The marginal cost of bypassing a given defense is far lower than the initial cost to bypass a new defense




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