[83266] in Cypherpunks
Re: i miss carol anne cyphergrrl
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doug Peterson)
Thu Jul 17 16:57:06 1997
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 13:32:03 -0600
From: Doug Peterson <fnorky@geocities.com>
To: "Peter G. Neumann" <neumann@csl.sri.com>
Cc: Zooko Journeyman <zooko@xs4all.nl>, cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: Doug Peterson <fnorky@geocities.com>
Peter G. Neumann wrote:
>
> 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
Yes, but this keeps us security consultants in business :)
-Doug
