On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:43:53 -0400 "Perry E. Metzger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > "Steven M. Bellovin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Human factors haven't received nearly enough attention, and as > >> long as human factors failings are dismissed as the fault of > >> "idiot users", they never will. > >> > > Strong agreement. > > I don't disagree that much more needs to be done on human factors. I > just don't see it as a panacea. There are no panaceas in this business. As I told my class yesterday, if they learn nothing else they should remember that security is a systems property, and everything interacts. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]