Rudyard Kipling As a Security Author
A review of Kim:
Kipling packed a great deal of information and concept into his stories, and in “Kim” we find The Great Game: espionage and spying. Within the first twenty pages we have authentication by something you have, denial of service, impersonation, stealth, masquerade, role- based authorization (with ad hoc authentication by something you know), eavesdropping, and trust based on data integrity. Later on we get contingency planning against theft and cryptography with key changes.
X the Unknown • December 29, 2006 3:28 PM
Kim is a great story. It also includes racial profiling, and subversion thereof. Kim, a white boy, uses dark skin-dye to make himself look like just another native urchin, to slip under the radar of various international agencies.