Schneier on Security

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"no matter what you do to beef up security, it will not be enough"

And yet...

"That’s how crime or threats work, Schneier said, where there are always levels which are deemed acceptable."

In other words, we know that nothing will be enough in an absolute sense, but we can determine a level and call it "acceptable".

I agree.

By the way, it seems that someone decided that your article was acceptable but did not do enough checking...

"Schneider admits that none of the measures are foolproof."

Yeah, just like spelling your name right.

@Bob: Works fine in FF3 RC3.

Hey I read you book, you're already popular Bruce Lee Schneier!

@Bob: I got that as well. Ctrl-Shift-R (cache-bypassing reload) seems to fix it.

What about POLA (principle of least authority/access) and object-capabilities (which combine designation and authorization into one thing: an unforgible reference)?

Sure, those arent any magic or siver bullets but never the less they are an start of an solution of making computer security unintrusive and usable.
(Yes, I know it sounds like an oxymoron ;-)

http://www.eros-os.org/essays/capintro.html is an good intro to capabilities.

Also see http://erights.org/ for more about this stuff.

With hope of intersting dialogue.
-Zarutian

Was nice to have you in Malaysia Bruce.

Even accounting for the cultural difference, and the language difference, some of those quotes *still* don't sound like you, Bruce. How badly did they mangle your meaning?

@Bruce Schneier

From the article:
"15. Install an e-mail and file encryptor. Encrypting all your e-mail or your entire hard drive is unrealistic, but some mail is too sensitive to send in the clear. Similarly, some files on your hard drive are too sensitive to leave unencrypted."

Umm... I can't imagine this having come from you, Bruce.

Surely, you'd be one to advocate transparent, full hard-drive encryption (like TrueCrypt or LUKS), right?

@ CipherChaos

The only thing I can think of is that was something I wrote years ago, when it was true.