Murphy's law and computer security

Authors:
Wietse Venema
Affiliations:
Mathematics and Computing Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Venue:
SSYM'96 Proceedings of the 6th conference on USENIX Security Symposium, Focusing on Applications of Cryptography - Volume 6
Year:
1996

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Abstract

This paper discusses lessons learned from a selection of computer security problems that have surfaced in the recent past, and that are likely to show up again in the future. Examples are taken from security advisories and from unpublished loopholes in the author's own work.