Chapter 4. Working for the Common Good
Where a question of how the computer may determine the intent of its user is raised and left unanswered
The beauty of, but also one of the biggest problems with, any sufficiently extensive and diverse computer network is that you cannot blindly trust any connected party to be who they claim to be, and it is impossible to determine their intentions or the real driving force behind their actions.
I’ll discuss the issue of confirming the identity of a source in the third part of this book, when I dissect the architecture of the network and explore the risks that result from the way a network is built. However, the issue of the originator’s intentions is a separate and fascinating aspect of computer security, ...
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