Schneier's Law
Schneier's Law is the alternative letter-case form of Schneier's law.
Proper noun capitalized: Schneier's law
Schneir's law
- An informal law holding that anyone can create a security system they cannot personally break.
- This is especially true if you want to design security systems and not just implement them. Remember Schneier’s Law: “Any person can invent a security system so clever that she or he can’t think of how to break it.”2014, Bruce Schneir, Carry On: Sound Advice from Schneir on Security, page 34
- RSA was one of the few fundamental encryption protocols that had not succumbed to Schneier's law in more than thirty years.2022, Andy Greenberg, Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency, unnumbered page
Forms of Schneier's Law
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Origin of Schneier's Law
Coined by Canadian-British-American blogger, journalist, and science fiction author Cory Doctorow in a 2004 speech with reference to a 1998 quote from security expert Bruce Schneier.
Questions about Schneier's Law
- What does Schneier's Law mean?
- Schneier's Law means an informal law holding that anyone can create a security system they cannot personally break.
- What is Schneier's Law the alternative letter-case form of?
- Schneier's Law is the alternative letter-case form of Schneier's law.
- What part of speech is Schneier's Law?
- Schneier's Law is a proper noun.
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