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When I start thinking about system security at home, I find it useful to consider the lock on the bathroom door. It's an extremely weak lock, and any ten-year-old knows how to defeat it. However, in practice, it's quite effective on a wide variety...
E_ACCESSDENIED? Good. We did OUR job. One of the security groups at Microsoft used to have T-Shirts that said this; every time I saw one, my blood pressure went up. He's a story illustrating why: Scene: A home office, fall, 2003. Our hero has just...
Here are my three favorite rants about computer security: Matthew Paul Thomas, Security Snake Oil [link target editted 06/16/11] Ian Grigg, What's Your Threat Model? Bruce Tognazzini, Security D'ohLTs They're all five years old. Things haven't...