Subject: Re: Macros and temporary global vars (was make macro unexpandable)
From: rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock)
Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 19:47:51 -0500
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Message-ID: <w4adnXE8kbAqaTLdRVn-hQ@speakeasy.net>
Erann Gat  <gNOSPAMat@flownet.com> wrote:
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| > Other suggestions?
| 
| I'd start by reading Bruce Schneier's "Applied Cryptography."  
| (Actually, it's not a bad idea to read everything that Bruce Schneier 
| has ever written.)
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Given the OP's level of (non-)experience with security, I'd suggest
Schneier's "Secrets & Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World"
<URL:http://www.schneier.com/book-sandl.html> as being a better book to
read first.

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| Then read all the comp.risks archives.
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Yup. They're easy to read at <URL:http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/>.

Also read the sci.crypt newsgroup...

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| As Joe said, computer security is hard.  Really really hard.  (And 
| designing a system that is secure against dishonest insiders is really 
| really really hard!)  There are no shortcuts.  (That includes, by the 
| way, hiring self-styled "security experts" because they often don't know 
| what they're talking about either.)
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I would 2nd, 3rd, and 4th this!!


-Rob

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