Eric Rescorla personal blog
Why it's hard to trust software, but you mostly have to anyway
My long-time collaborator Richard Barnes [1] used to say that "in security, trust is a four letter word" , and yet the dominant experience of using any software-based system—which is, you know, pretty much anything electronic—is trusting the manufacturer. Not only is there no meaningful way to determine what software…
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Security & PrivacySoftware Engineering2024
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Dec 28, 2024 | Why it's hard to trust software, but you mostly have to anyway by ekr____ | 119 | 128 |
