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Re: solving the wrong problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Russell Nelson)
Tue Aug 9 12:15:29 2005
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From: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 21:33:14 -0400
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Perry E. Metzger writes:
> Anyone have a good phrase in mind that has the right sort of flavor
> for describing this sort of thing?
Well, I've always said that crypto without a threat model is like
"cookies without the milk".
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