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Friday, November 01, 2002

Keith Brown poses (yet another) interesting question on DOTNET-CLR this week:

What do you guys plan to do if your private key is compromised?

My reaction would consist of five stages:

  • Denial

C:Development> dir /s bristowe.snk
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 1234-5678.
File Not Found

"Hmm... that's odd."

C:Development> dir /s *.snk
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 1234-5678.
File Not Found

"Uh oh."

  • Anger

C:Development>cd ..

C:>cacls Development
C:Development Everyone:(OI)(CI)F

"Who did this?"

  • Fear

"What else is gone?"

  • Bargaining

"I'm sure I didn't sign the latest build with my keyfile..."

  • Acceptance

(Manager enters room.)

Manager: "v1.0 is out the door. Oh, and before I forget, you'd better let me store our keyfile to disk for safe keeping."

"Eep."

Unfortunately, this is a highly probable scenario.


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