INFS 762 Summer 2004

Prof. Ravi Sandhu

Take-home Examination 2

 

Due date: hardcopy in class on 9/16/04 or soft copy by email to sandhu@gmu.edu or by fax to 253-563-3509 no later than 9/16/04.

 

This is an examination.  You must write the answer yourself without ANY discussion with anyone else.  Your answer should be based on the material discussed in class.

 

Provide a statement with your submission stating, I have not given help or taken help from anyone on this examination.

 

There is only 1 question.

 

1.      Read the following paper.

·        Computer security in the real world
Lampson, B.W.;
IEEE Computer, Volume: 37 , Issue: 6 , June 2004
Pages:37 - 46

 

Write one paragraph for each of the following (total length: max 1 page)

 

a)      Discuss one issue on which you think the author has made a particularly compelling point.

b)      Discuss one issue which you think should be covered in an article with this title but which the author has totally ignored.

c)      Discuss one issue on which the author spends some time and relate it to any of the topics covered in my 762 lectures.