The Three Little Pigs

Once upon a time, there was a little pig who built his house in the meadow out of straw. He did it because he had always built his house out of straw, and so did all the other little pigs in the meadow. Straw wasn't the best building material available, but it was good enough. It was easy to work with. And the labor costs associated with straw were low, because the meadow was filled with animals who were trained in the use of straw. But over time, Big Bad Wolves infiltrated the meadow, and began huffing and puffing and blowing the houses of straw down. Now, the little pig had a big brother, who'd built his house out of brick. The little pig's big brother urged the little pig to re-build his house out of brick, instead of straw. "Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin," said the little pig. "The only reason brick appears safer than straw is that so few pigs build their houses out of brick. Big Bad Wolves target straw houses because straw has a monopoly on the building materials market. If brick had the same market share, then the Big Bad Wolves would be huffing and puffing and blowing down brick houses." The little pig's big brother said, "Dude, you can't blow down a brick house. Brick is fundamentally more resistant to huffing and puffing." But the little pig was confident. "Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin. You're only saying that because you've been brainwashed by the FUD spread by straw community." The preceding has been a fairy tale with no bearing on the current state of Internet security. By Mitch Wagner Source: Security Pipeline | Trends