I don't know PAIN...

[Ben Laurie]

Ian Grigg wrote:

> What is the source of the acronym PAIN?
> 
> 
> Lynn said:
> 
> 
>>... A security taxonomy, PAIN:
>>* privacy (aka thinks like encryption)
>>* authentication (origin)
>>* integrity (contents)
>>* non-repudiation
> 
> 
> 
> I.e., its provenance?
> 
> Google shows only a few hits, indicating
> it is not widespread.

Probably because non-repudiation is a stupid idea: 
http://www.apache-ssl.org/tech-legal.pdf.

Cheers,

Ben.

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