[techtalk] Layman's Guides to Computer Security

Conor Daly conor.daly at oceanfree.net
Tue May 15 23:30:09 EST 2001


On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 10:11:14AM +1000 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
jenn at simegen.com thought:
> David Merrill wrote:
> 
> 
> > I like `backgrounder' or `introduction to...'. I don't particularly
> > like `layman', mostly because after reading your docs I don't think
> > they are useful only to laymen. But ymmv and all that...
> 
> I'm flattered. :)
> 
> Hm. I'll think about it - I want them to be used by laymen, but if
> they're also useful to those who should(?) already know this... :)

"A Computer Security Primer"

Or is that too passe at this stage?  (Inspired by digital's "The Little
grey Book, An Ultrix Primer" which, btw is a very nice (commandline) 
intro to unix/linux for a new user)

Conor
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