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Software Liabilities and Free Software

2008-07-28 14:42:33 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...liabilities , many people ask about free and open source software. If people who write free software, like PasswordSafe , are forced to assume liabilities, they will simply not be able to and free software would disappear Don't worry, they won't be The key to understanding this is that this sort of contractual liability is part of a contract,...
 
Tags: free software, free, free software packages, distribute free software, software liabilities, liabilities, assume liabilities, free linux, people
 
 
 
 
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Information Security and Liabilities

2008-07-23 15:09:21 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...liabilities : Last summer, the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee issued a report on "Personal Internet Security." I was invited to give testimony for that report, and one of my recommendations was that software vendors be held liable when they are at fault. Their final report included that recommendation. The government rejected...
 
Tags: security, information security, liabilities, liability, software liability, computer vendor, vendor, report, automobile liability suit
 
 
 
 
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Running Government Finances Like a Bank

2006-08-08 08:56:00 by Jomni in Risk Management Quant
 
...liabilities Governments should also push for the development of their domestic currency capital markets. A developed capital market would mean that there are a lot of investors and variety of issued securities. Development of derivatives markets will also be beneficial as investors are more willing to take and hedge risks. A developed...
 
Tags: public debt, public debt management, government, debt, public debt portfolio, government debt, financial, financial markets, issue
 
 
 
 
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EarthLink Will Shutter Philadelphia Network, Company Says

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2008-05-13 09:48:07 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...liabilities for electrical power and other fees that haven't yet been paid; Wireless Philadelphia had agreed to pick up or defer certain charges as part of the deal that brought the network provider in. But without a completed network, and the contract therefore perhaps susceptible to being declared in default in court, it's unlikely that...
 
Tags: network, wi-fi, philadelphia wi-fi network, earthlink, network provider, philadelphia, public access network, company, earthlink filed
 
 
 
 
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Metro Round-Up: Phila., Minneapolis, St. Louis Park (Minn.), Texas, Foster City (Calif.), Naperville (Ill.), Chehalis and Centralia (Wash.), Cambria C

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2008-06-11 14:33:41 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...liabilities. The city's wireless non-profit arm, Wireless Philadelphia, has made noises about what EarthLink's true liability could be; the non-profit has born some of the electrical cost, and might be seeking to have that repaid on top of penalties and other expenses Minneapolis suffers the heartbreak of leafage: Leaves are popping in...
 
Tags: city, big-city network, residents oppose wi-fi, wi-fi, mount wi-fi radios, wi-fi hotzones, wi-fi network, network, network hardware
 
 
 
 
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Memo to Next President: How to Get Cyber Security Right

2008-08-07 15:45:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...liabilities for software failures is good , detailing how is not. Legislate for the results you want and implement the appropriate penalties; let the market figure out how -- that's what markets are good at Three, broadly invest in research. Basic research is risky; it doesn't always pay off. That's why companies have stopped funding it. Bell...
 
Tags: security, security standards, improvements, security improvements, information security, cyber security plan, research, government research, national security
 
 
 
 
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Memo to the President

2008-08-12 06:36:31 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...liabilities for software failures is good , detailing how is not. Legislate for the results you want and implement the appropriate penalties; let the market figure out how -- that's what markets are good at Three, broadly invest in research. Basic research is risky; it doesn't always pay off. That's why companies have stopped funding it. Bell...
 
Tags: security, security standards, improvements, security improvements, information security, research, government research, cyber security plan, national security
 
 
 
 
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Opinion: Encryption compliance still the Wild West

2008-08-18 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Some states do not consider encryption alone sufficient to ensure that the data is unrecoverable, and at this stage in the game, companies cannot assume that just because they have encrypted data or implemented encryption key management that they are either completely protected from future legal liabilities or have complied with the law
 
Tags: encryption, encryption key management, future legal liabilities, data, completely, law, assume, stage, ensure
 
 
 
 
 
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