From: jamesd@netcom.com (James A. Donald)
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 94 20:28:28 PDT
To: macorp!moonlight!ken@uu4.psi.com (Ken Landaiche)
Subject: Re: Mandatory Email verification
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Ken Landaiche writes
> I have seen that
> any system a human can devise, another human can eventually break. 

False.  Most cryptographic algorithms these days are secure.

Windows NT is secure.

> This
> leads me to believe that eventually we will have to begin acting on our
> honor, 

Walking through a security hole on a computer is not necessarily
dishonorable, though many dishonorable things can be done once
you are through that hole.


> and provide severe consequences for dishonorable behavior. 

If "we" provide "sever consequences" then we are not relying
on honor, but on coercion.

I
> haven't finished working out what "honor" means in this social context.

So I see.

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