Friday | 10 July, 2009
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Stories by: Geoff Leeming

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    Better than locks: A security approach to 'free' 02/06/2008 08:07:57

    In January, Kevin Kelly wrote an essay entitled "Better Than Free" that explained which concepts held value on the Internet. This generated a lot of interest, mostly around the question of how best to make money out of these concepts. As a career security guy, I found myself wondering how on earth my field will respond -- how does security need to adapt to support business models based on these values? When we're used to locking everything down, how do we respond when people start calling for openness?
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