Why Trust is Bad for Security

Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Publikationsdatum
2006-05-25
Sprache
English
Author
Gollmann, Dieter 
Institut
Sicherheit in verteilten Anwendungen E-15 
DOI
10.15480/882.2860
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/6991
Enthalten in
Electronic notes in theoretical computer science 
Volume
157
Start Page
3
End Page
9
Citation
Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science 3 (157): 3-9 (2006-05-25)
Publisher DOI
10.1016/j.entcs.2005.09.044
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-33646562485
Publisher
Elsevier
We investigate how the term 'trust' has been used, and re-defined, in computer security, covering Trusted Computing Platforms, Trust Management, Trusted Computing, and Trusted Code. We conclude that trust is a dangerous word to use as it has manifold and sometimes contradictory meanings. There is no immediate problem when trust is used in a specific research area to denote some concept of interest. Difficulties arise when interfacing between communities that use this word differently, and with the general public which is unlikely to associate a word like trust with any specific technical definition adopted in a field of research.
Schlagworte
Access control
security policies
trust
trust management
trusted code
trusted computing
DDC Class
620: Ingenieurwissenschaften
Lizenz
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
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