Re: interesting paper on the economics of security

2007-08-23 Thread Leichter, Jerry
| Jerry/Hal, | | This lemon-car analogy is interesting. | | One sidebar that might be worked into the argument is the | apparently widespread side-line business where a car is | auctioned on eBay but before the sale is consumated the | buyer engages a mechanic to check the car out pre-sale. | The

Re: interesting paper on the economics of security

2007-08-23 Thread dan
Jerry/Hal, This lemon-car analogy is interesting. One sidebar that might be worked into the argument is the apparently widespread side-line business where a car is auctioned on eBay but before the sale is consumated the buyer engages a mechanic to check the car out pre-sale. The car and the mech

Re: interesting paper on the economics of security

2007-08-23 Thread Leichter, Jerry
| ...One example was his comparison between the security business and the | used-car "lemons" market. The idea is that lemons dominate the used-car | market due to asymmetric information: only the sellers know which cars | are lemons, hence these are the ones that are mostly made available, | hence

Re: Good news on crypto patents:

2007-08-23 Thread Hagai Bar-El
Hello James, On 23/8/2007 02:25, James A. Donald wrote: > Good news on patents, particularly crypto patents. > > The CAFC, the US patent court, has recently ruled that the patent holder > cannot hit you with punitive damages unless, on the preponderance of the > evidence, you were objectively rec

Re: interesting paper on the economics of security

2007-08-23 Thread pgut001
Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >The tests I've seen are mostly worthless because they do not weigh their >results based on the actual threats a typical user faces. A topic very similar to this came up recently on the hcisec list. My comments there were: We already have really, reall

curiousity question

2007-08-23 Thread dan
Would any of you care to advance an opinion of Harold Gans? [ "Who?" is not an opinion, and I am not asking for anyone to go do research. ] Offlist or on, as you prefer. --dan - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sen