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From: J C Lawrence <claw@cp.net>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 18:03:46 -0800
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 15:18:18 -0600
Greg Miller <gmiller@classic-games.com> wrote:
> NT4 is tolerable for mud use, and Windows 2000 has already
> developed a strong reputation for stability.
<<Warning: I used to make my living doing security programming>>
Please be careful of the difference between "security" in any
absolute sense, and a "reputation for security". There is a large
philosophical and practical difference between the two. They do not
even approximate being the same.
A reasonable and even-handed if light weight introduction to the
difference can be found at:
http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/cybercrime/story/0,3700,2382021,00.html
"Security Is Not a Product; It's a Process" as Bruce Schneier wrote
in this month's Crypto-Gram:
http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-9912.html
His discussion of the weaknesses for Public Key Infrastructure also
indirectly pertains to the recent idea of PGP's webs-of-trust among
MUD servers:
http://www.counterpane.com/pki-risks.html
ObNote: Marcus Ranum of UnterMud and UberMUD fame is a security
guy. Small world:
http://www.clark.net/pub/mjr/
He's written some good stuff.
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J C Lawrence Internet: claw@kanga.nu
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