On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 09:49:09AM -0800, Walter Landry wrote: > I think that "effective" does not mean "perfect". Having a police > force is an effective way of combatting crime, but it is far from > perfect.
A security mechanism which has been defeated by a piece of software is not "imperfect". If I post my root password to this list, it is not an "imperfect but still effective" security mechanism; it is useless and defeated. (It seems to me that the real goal of this law is so that once a security mechanism is defeated, and is no longer effective, the real "security mechanism" becomes the law itself: by pretending that the obsolete mechanism is still "effective", the deterrent becomes the threat of prosecution, instead of actual security.) -- Glenn Maynard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
