Jiri’s Notepad

Reading discussions on the definition of words “trust” and “identity” under a DIDW article one cannot miss ambiguity of definitions.  Topically, I have come across a text, that illustrates similar problems only with the use of the word “entity”:
“Having surveyed various definitions of “entity” in the literature, Reingruber and Gregory (p. 64) extract the following themes:
An […]

Cleaning up my mailbox, I have discovered fascinating thread on credit card security at UKCrypto. A teaser: 

“The UK model makes use of a financial parameter called the “floor limit”. The norm is that all transactions below the floor limit are offline and the transaction record is stored locally until collected by an organisation known as […]

Rob Slade reviews my favourite Security Engineering: “I have often been asked, in regard to these reviews, whether there are, in fact, any books that I like.  Well, I like this one.  If you are involved with security and you haven’t read it, you should.”