SECURITY LABORATORY SEMINAR
November 18, 1998
1:00 ² 2:00
1131 ENG II
Overhead Transparencies
Questions:
Is there any difference between a flaw given better access
or a trapdoor?
Answer: Yes. A vulnerability is waiting to be discovered
and could allow access to higher levels, whereas a trapdoor is known
by the user and can only be implemented at their security clearance
level.
Answers to Stevenþs Conclusions and Questions about ËWhatþs
Different?Ó
1. Networks
2. More implementation and formalization today
3. Nobody has done a half-life of profiles
4. Better cryptography devices
5. Rely more on public internet
6. Security not only for defense
7. Privacy enhancing mechanisms
8. Problems are bigger, but solutions are not.