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Re: challenge response authentication question

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:01 am
by Mordred
timWebUK wrote:I would never disagree with your expertise :wink:
No, you should, if I'm wrong :) "Expertise" means nothing more than an evaluation of whether one is right more often than other people. That doesn't mean that the "expert" can't be wrong!

(Of course I'm only human and would not like being proved wrong, but I'm also a scientist, which means I try to override my ego and accept the truth. The best thing about "hard" science (such as security) is that one can be objectively proved wrong, there's little room for 'let's agree to disagree', etc ;) )

Re: challenge response authentication question

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:21 pm
by André D
timWebUK wrote:that's the problem with forums - can't always get a grasp on what someone means!
A little off the thread topic, but that reminds me of a paper: Egocentrism Over E-Mail: Can We Communicate as Well as We Think?. Basically, they studied electronic communication and figured out that 80-90% of the time, people think they understand the tone and intent when reading a message, but in reality they are only correct about half the time. Interesting.