- Untrusted computing
The continuing success of mal-ware such as Blaster and SQL Slammer illustrate the shortcomings of patches as a means of closing security holes. Real improvement may not come until we rethink how much we trust our own software. (Or not. I don’t claim any special insight here.)
- The complicated world of librarians
You probably don’t put much thought into bibliographic entries, but that’s because you probably aren’t a librarian. I’m not either, but I am intrigued by a requirements document for bibliographic information put out by the IFLA. (Being me, I eventually use a certain comedic space serial as an example. Try to guess which one.)