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Asking the Stupid Questions Since 1971
 Monday, August 11, 2003

On Where to Authenticate

You've been given a requirement to restrict access to a certain set of documents. Where do you authenticate readers in order to authorize access?

  • the operating system
  • the transfer protocol
  • an application riding the transfer protocol

2:14:12 PM # Google It!
categories: Security

Chimerae

NPR this morning considered the question of genetic identity. Not only is DNA not a unique key — twins can be identical — but some people have more than one set. These are chimerae. Or, as the Caterpillar asks Alice, Who are you?

2:05:50 PM # Google It!
categories: Identity