Privacy and Security: Answering the Wrong Questions Is No Answer.

In this article the author discusses efforts to build trustworthy computing systems. Attempting to make a computing system secure against all threats is not a realistic goal, the author suggests. Other topics include operating systems with flaws and weak controls adopted due to low cost and convenie...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 52; no. 6; pp. 22 - 25
Autor principal: Spafford, Eugene H.
Formato: Opinion
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Jun2009
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