[83245] in Cypherpunks
Re: i miss carol anne cyphergrrl
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter G. Neumann)
Thu Jul 17 13:17:06 1997
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 97 8:21:25 PDT
From: "Peter G. Neumann" <neumann@csl.sri.com>
To: Zooko Journeyman <zooko@xs4all.nl>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 17 Jul 1997 16:15:24 +0200 (MET DST)
Reply-To: "Peter G. Neumann" <neumann@csl.sri.com>
Dank U, Zooko!
We are indeed on the horns of a dilemma.
As long as the vendors can get away with crapware
(with respect to security, reliability, robustness, etc.),
there is no incentive to do better. In info-peace, most
folks don't care. In info-war, the bad guys (on all sides)
are delighted that the systems are flaky, and the good guys
lose. However, the governmental incentives that exist seem
to opt for dumbing down -- despite the realization that
governments cannot get x-worthy systems to satisfy their own
needs. Short-sighted parado[x|c]trinarianism abounds.
Piet
