Re: [Full-disclosure] Full-Disclosure Digest, Vol 19, Issue 47

[Glenn and Mary Everhart <everhart@xxxxxxx>]

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Re "virtual trust".
Yes, I disagree with introducing a new term. It seems to me to obscure what is
going on, not to enlighten. Further, many of us have been arguing for years
that security enables business and often is critical to it. There is nothing
new in that notion and while it is IMO correct, it is not a new thesis, and
does not deserve to have the trust needed suddenly called "virtual", a term
which suggests it is not "real". The only novelty has been the term, and it
is a most unhelpful choice.
   I was digging through some old papers a couple weeks ago and again, for 
example, came across 4 or so studies of a year or two ago (two, I think) which 
dealt with the throttling of e-business due to problems with trust. I've had 
this arise in personal correspondence well over a decade ago. Now, it is also 
true that new types of activity become possible with greater trustworthiness, 
but that is also not a new idea.
Glenn Everhart

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