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Murphy's law and computer security
 
Wietse Venema 
Mathematics and Computing Science 
Eindhoven University of Technology 
The Netherlands 
 
 Abstract
This paper discusses lessons learned from a selection of computer
security problems that have surfaced in the recent past, and that
are likely to show up again in the  future.  Examples  are  taken
from  security  advisories  and from unpublished loopholes in the
author's own work.
  
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