My expertise is languages, not security, but I thought this one analogy was illuminating.
The Great Wall of China is a misnomer. The Great Walls of China is correct, as their are many of them, built over about 2000 years ending in 1600 CE. The map below is a fraction of a map from Wikipedia.
The Chinese patched weaknesses as they were discovered over twenty centuries. With the advantage of hindsight, it does look like an organized, cohesive plan might have been more effective and a great deal less expensive. Does this look like our current security arrangements?
In my office I have one main Windows machine (XP Pro) and one main Linux machine (KDE). I have NAV on the Windows machine and I pay for its regular updates. I have nothing equivalent on the Linux box as no anti-malware software exists.
Chrome
ZD report on Chrome
Across the pond, the ZD folks are doing good work! This covers Chrome, the vaporware OS, and Chrome, the shipping browser. In my own browser testing, valid Firefox is valid Chrome.
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