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Re: Design principles
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Neal H. Walfield |
Subject: |
Re: Design principles |
Date: |
Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:31:49 +0100 |
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At Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:16:29 -0500,
Jonathan S. Shapiro wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 19:53 +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > At Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:27:39 -0500,
> > "Jonathan S. Shapiro" <address@hidden> wrote:
> > >
> > > An interesting assertion. What are Wikipedia's security mechanisms?
> >
> > Mmh. It's actually more interesting that you have to ask....
>
> I didn't, but it was educationally useful to let step into the trap by
> yourself. Your list is almost exactly what I expected.
>
> In short, Wikipedia doesn't *have* any security policies. What Wikipedia
> has is robust means of recovery. Wikipedia has absolutely no means for
> preclusion of hostile acts. It only has means for recovery and
> retaliation.
>
> This is an interesting approach, and one that is effective for
> Wikipedia. It is not a security policy.
A security policy is simply a set of rules regarding
- access (privacy)
- modification
- availability
So, yes, this is a security policy. What you want to say is: "this is
a bad security policy." But that is a judgment. And judgments must
be bound in values. It may be true that what you value is not covered
by this security policy but it is a security policy which is effective
at supporting a set of values.
- Re: Design principles, (continued)
- Re: Design principles, Jonathan S. Shapiro, 2007/01/14
- Re: Design principles, olafBuddenhagen, 2007/01/14
- Re: Design principles, Marcus Brinkmann, 2007/01/15
- Re: Design principles, Jonathan S. Shapiro, 2007/01/15
- Re: Design principles, Marcus Brinkmann, 2007/01/15
- Re: Design principles, Jonathan S. Shapiro, 2007/01/15
- Re: Design principles, Marcus Brinkmann, 2007/01/15
- Re: Design principles, Jonathan S. Shapiro, 2007/01/15
- Re: Design principles,
Neal H. Walfield <=
- Re: Design principles, Jonathan S. Shapiro, 2007/01/15
- Re: Design principles, Marcus Brinkmann, 2007/01/15
- Re: Design principles, Jonathan S. Shapiro, 2007/01/15
- Re: Design principles, Sam Mason, 2007/01/15
- Re: Design principles, Neal H. Walfield, 2007/01/15
- Re: Design principles, Sam Mason, 2007/01/15
- Re: Design principles, Pierre THIERRY, 2007/01/16
Re: Design principles, Pierre THIERRY, 2007/01/15
Re: Design principles, Pierre THIERRY, 2007/01/16