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Considerable commonality exists between reliability and security. Both are weak-link phenomena. Good design involves avoiding single weak links. However, on many occasions, multiple weak links can be, and have been, known to occur — accidentally or intentionally.
Yogi Berra, the great American sage, might have said
It ain’ t dependable until its dependable.
Copyright Peter G. Neumann, 1994
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Neumann, P.G. (1995). Reliability and Security. In: Cristian, F., Le Lann, G., Lunt, T. (eds) Dependable Computing for Critical Applications 4. Dependable Computing and Fault-Tolerant Systems, vol 9. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9396-9_31
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