Information Security 101 - the Rules of Thumb

[Peter Fairbrother]

Theo Markettos wrote:
> In article <4A41570B.3050004 at zen.co.uk> you wrote:
>> The security of a secret is approximately proportional to the square of
>> the number of people who can access it.
> 
> Inversely, ITYM.
> 
> Theo
> 
> 
Ta.

Bit long, but:

"The chance of a secret being revealed is proportional to the square of 
the number of people who can access it; this is because the more 
possible suspects there are, the less each of them thinks they are 
likely to think they will be caught."


-- Peter