Re: I don't know PAIN...

Ian Grigg wrote:

> What is the source of the acronym PAIN?
>
>
> Lynn said:
>
>
> > ... A security taxonomy, PAIN:
> > * privacy (aka thinks like encryption)
> > * authentication (origin)
> > * integrity (contents)
> > * non-repudiation
>
>
>
> I.e., its provenance?
>
> Google shows only a few hits, indicating
> it is not widespread.

Probably because non-repudiation is a stupid idea: 
http://www.apache-ssl.org/tech-legal.pdf.

Cheers,

Ben.

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