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Requirements

• Why you do not want security

  • The terrified user

  • The frustrated user

  • The terrified and frustrated user

• Why you do not want Microsoft Authenticode security

  • The Janitor and the Gold

  • Do not blame the user he is the victim

  • The disadvantage of being small in the Microsoft world

First, we'll discuss the problems with having security at all. Then we'll discuss briefly the opinion of the 500 Pound Gorilla of Software, i.e., Microsoft's Authenticode, which is itself a problem not a solution - but it is a problem that highlights some of the subtler requirements. Then we'll go on to the Problems.