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Re: A mighty fortress is our PKI, Part III
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James A. Donald)
Thu Sep 16 09:31:44 2010
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:10:08 +1000
From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
Reply-To: jamesd@echeque.com
To: Andy Steingruebl <steingra@gmail.com>
CC: Peter Gutmann <pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz>, cryptography@metzdowd.com
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikteq5HpgKZbN7J9bNzi-5xgrpbEN8c57RuBHvx@mail.gmail.com>
On 2010-09-16 6:12 AM, Andy Steingruebl wrote:
> The malware could just as easily fake the whole UI. Is it really
> PKI's fault that it doesn't defend against malware? Did even the
> grandest supporters ever claim it could/did?
That is rather like having a fortress with one wall rather than four
walls, and when attackers go around the back, you quite correctly point
out that the wall is only designed to stop attackers from coming in front.
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