[Cryptography] Trustworthiness

[iang]

On 21/06/2017 08:29, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jun 2017, Ray Dillinger wrote:
>
>> The Trusted Platform Module, for example, is named correctly.
>> "Trusted" means simply that it introduces an additional risk of failure.
> Remember, in this context "trusted" means you *have* to trust it, not
> because you *can*.
>

This is what I call compliance.  I resist calling this trust.  To me, 
trust involves me taking an analysis, making a decision, taking on a 
risk, and then living with the consequences - reward or loss.

Wherever one talks about a Trusted XBlahSomething, we ultimately end up 
with no choice.

iang