Re: Defeating Citibank Virtual Keyboard protection using screenshot method
On 2007-05-10 Florian Weimer wrote:
> * David Gillett:
>>> But your point above:
>>> "without installing malware on the victim host"
>>>
>>> Although true on some level, is bogus for the purpose of this work,
>>> as it being written makes an automatic assumption on working only
>>> after malware is installed.
>>
>> The principle of "defence in depth" is that each security measure
>> adds to overall security by providing protections that continue to
>> operate even if other defences have been breached.
>
> Isn't it more like combining several things which aren't
> unconditionally secure by themselves, in the hope that the result is
> something you can actually live with?
That would hardly qualify as "in depth".
Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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