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two bits of light holiday reading
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (=?UTF-8?Q?Ivan_Krsti=C4=87?=)
Fri Dec 26 23:42:02 2008
From: =?UTF-8?Q?Ivan_Krsti=C4=87?= <krstic@solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu>
To: Cryptography List <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:35:43 -0500
1.
Jonathan Zittrain's[0] latest book, 'The Future of the Internet and =20
How to Stop It', is available as a free PDF licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA:
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<http://futureoftheinternet.org/static/ZittrainTheFutureoftheInternet.pdf=20=
>
While not dealing with cryptography per se, it does focus on the wider =20=
implications of the worsening situation in modern computer security, =20
and what it means for the new computing platforms we're seeing now and =20=
in the future. Zittrain is one of the foremost cyberlaw thinkers on =20
the planet; given a number of discussions on this list, I thought the =20=
book would be of interest to subscribers.
[0] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Zittrain>
2.
The DC-based Center for Strategic and International Studies recently =20
released a report titled 'Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency' =20=
written by a number of influential authors:
<http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/081208_securingcyberspace_44.pdf>
Of most interest to this list, the report suggests going on the =20
offensive with regard to identity management, proposing to restrict =20
bonuses and awards of US federal agencies not using strong digital =20
credentials for employees in sufficient numbers (logical pp. 61-65). =20
Maybe, uh, it'll work this time around?
Cheers,
--
Ivan Krsti=C4=87 <krstic@solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu> | http://radian.org
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