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Re: Origin of: Soft & Gooey, Hard & Crunchy
From: Predrag Ivanovic <predivan () nadlanu com>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 13:55:27 +0200
On Tue, 13 May 2008 05:22:19 +0000 (GMT) Paul Ferguson wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Silly question, but I cannot for the life of me recall who coined the analogy(and actually, I can't recall the exact phrase) of network security being a matter of "soft and gooey inside, and hard and crunchy outside". Does anyone have a reference to the original coinage of this analogy? Thanks, - - ferg
[...]"Unfortunately, many of today's e-businesses implement the direct opposite of a citadel," Arnold writes. "This can be viewed as an 'eggshell' security model: hard outer shell, soft in the center." Also sometimes referred to as 'M&M security model'. Interview with Tom Arnold: http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/791191 Whitepaper "An Electronic Citadel: A Method for Securing Credit Card and Private Consumer Data in e-Business Sites": http://www.siia.net/software/pubs/aec-01.pdf This is earliest mention of that phrase i could find. HTH Pedja -- I am logged in, therefore I am. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Origin of: Soft & Gooey, Hard & Crunchy Paul Ferguson (May 12)
- Re: Origin of: Soft & Gooey, Hard & Crunchy Predrag Ivanovic (May 13)
- Re: Origin of: Soft & Gooey, Hard & Crunchy Paul Vixie (May 13)
- Re: Origin of: Soft & Gooey, Hard & Crunchy Valdis . Kletnieks (May 13)
- Re: Origin of: Soft & Gooey, Hard & Crunchy Paul Vixie (May 14)
- Re: Origin of: Soft & Gooey, Hard & Crunchy Valdis . Kletnieks (May 15)
- Re: Origin of: Soft & Gooey, Hard & Crunchy Predrag Ivanovic (May 13)
- Re: Origin of: Soft & Gooey, Hard & Crunchy David Lodge (May 13)
- Re: Origin of: Soft & Gooey, Hard & Crunchy Dr. Neal Krawetz (May 13)
- Re: Origin of: Soft & Gooey, Hard & Crunchy Hubbard, Dan (May 13)