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I’ve just found out about Hans Dobbertin’s death. Sad news.

Bruce Schneier wrote about the Windows Access Control paper and pointed out to the nice Felten’s commentary on it. The quote:
“There are two lessons here. First, complicated security mechanisms lead to mistakes, even among relatively sophisticated software developers and companies, so the desire to control privileges precisely must be tempered by the virtue of simplicity. […]

Perhaps I should not comment this, but well… Bruce Schneier: “Passlogix Misquotes Me in Their PR Material” Indeed such a gimmick is the only thing left when the one cannot afford Schneier on BOA. Sure it may be an accidential misquote, but even if it was then it just matter of professional qualification instead of […]