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Interview with Eugene Spafford

Posted by michael on from the open-sesame dept.

scubacuda writes "Dr. Eugene 'Spaf' Spafford, security expert and professor of Computer Science at Purdue University, talks with Greplaw about what drove him to the computer security field, what it's like to testify before the White House and Congressional committees on information security and public policy, and how legislating technology is 'bad law.' For you budding legal geeks interested in forensics, technology, law, and ethics, Spaf has provided a reading list."

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  1. It's a complicated matter... by Deraj+DeZine · · Score: 4, Funny
    what it's like to testify before the White House and Congressional committees on information security and public policy

    Define "like."

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  2. Re:Be very cautious when legislating technology by Xilo · · Score: 2, Funny
    Technology typically finds its own solutions to ... many incredible nuisances

    Like Sharpies?

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  3. Spaf?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    If he's so smart, why couldn't he think up a better nickname? I rest my case.

  4. all you need to know about information security by theMerovingian · · Score: 2, Funny


    rot13

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  5. Similar Names... by CedgeS · · Score: 4, Funny

    Great! Now I can find all the tech law websites I want with one simple command:

    cat internet | egrep -i gr[:vowel:][:explosive\ consonant:]law

    Which reminds me, I really wish multi-character atoms would work with reg-ex. The spec calls for them, but they haven't worked in any implementation I've used.