Re: "Once We Squeeze All We Can Out of the United States, It Can Dry Up and Blow Away."



On 21 Sep 2005 19:17:32 GMT, nemo_outis wrote:

> In short, *any* security system must bootstrap off some "kernel of
> trust." The key question is what that kernel should be (which will vary
> for different users, of course). For some, open source and peer review
> is where they'll place their trust. For others, reputable manufacturers
> and a standardized but closed review process. And yet others, to whose
> camp I belong, will harbur the gravest doubts about either method for all
> but low-level security and will resort to kludges such as cascading open-
> source and closed-source software, or looking for solutions that don't
> involve software (e.g., trusted couriers), and so on.

Wise man spoken.
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