Re: Should IETF do more to fight computer crime?

[Graham Klyne]

At 03:13 AM 5/23/00 +0200, Jacob Palme wrote:
>That would mean that every time you execute any program, you would
>have to get an analysis of its possible harmful effects and decide
>whether to accept it. [...]

Bruce Schneier's recent Crypto-gram (15 May) newsletter (see 
http://www.counterpane.com/) contains an essay making the point (among 
others) that computer systems security is precisely about risk management, 
which means, among other things, making decisions about acceptable levels 
of risk.

#g

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