Re: Eliminating Virus Spam

[Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu]

On Thu, 04 Jan 2001 09:40:41 MST, Vernon Schryver <vjs at calcite.rhyolite.com>  said:
> It would be more of a 21st century something to have the IETF join
> Microsoft in equating authentication (e.g. signing) with authorization
> (e.g. who gets to run programs on your computers).  However, "solution"
> is not the best word for what it would be.

Authentication: "Yes, your driver's license, fingerprint, retina, and
voice scans all agree you are the *real* Jeffrey Dahmer."

Authorization: "Would you like to borrow a steak knife, Mr Dahmer?"

Amazingly enough, we tolerate that same exact logical disconnect from
a major vendor of system software.  Unfortunately, between the even-worse
than current shrink-wrap licensing included in UCITA, and the incoming
presidential administration, it may take a really creative lawyer making
a case of it being a "crime against humanity" and trying the case at
The Hague to fix it... ;(

				Valdis Kletnieks
				Operating Systems Analyst
				Virginia Tech