Hi,
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 03:18:40PM -0400, Sean W. Smith wrote: > I like the definition in Kaufman-Perlman-Speciner: > > "A completely generic term used by the security community to include > both people and computer systems. Coined because it is more > dignified than 'thingy' and because 'object' and 'entity' (which also > means thingy) were already overused." Many thanks for the hint. :-) Are there different editions of Kaufman-Perlman-Speciner ? My edition of 1995 has two entries for principal in the index: - Page 129: "A principal is anything or anyone participating in cryptographically protected communication." - Page 266: "each user and each resource that will be using Kerberos." Which edition is yours? regards Hadmut --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
