Jaybird180
Final Approach
Let's try to keep this civil and steer clear of the SZ on this one
(deep breath....here goes)
[URL="http://news.discovery.com/human/911-terrorists-debunk-911-111003.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1"]http://news.discovery.com/human/911-terrorists-debunk-911-111003.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1[/URL]
I'm reading this article this morning and I'm thinking 3 things:
Authentication, Authorization and non-Repudiation. These are frequently
used terms in my line of work. Based on those 3 things, I cannot (thinking critically) support the authors conclusions and assumptions in the article. Here's why:
In layman's terms, Authentication means that I have a way of verifying that you are in-fact who you say you are and that I am certain I have properly identified you. Authorization means that you have been vetted and approved to do what you are doing and that I accept your actions or statements as a representative of the organization that you belong to and that you are acting on behalf of that organization's official stance. Non-Repudiation means that I have a way of determining with certainty that the message did indeed come from you and that you cannot deny sending the message.
The article claims that Al-Qaeda recently released a message through respectable media outlets denouncing the Iranian president's statements as outlandish.
I contend that Authentication, Authorization and non-Repudiation have not been proven. If we have these 3 things, then the US Military knows with certainty where to place a well planned guided-weapon and would have been able to do so and would have done so long time ago.

(deep breath....here goes)[URL="http://news.discovery.com/human/911-terrorists-debunk-911-111003.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1"]http://news.discovery.com/human/911-terrorists-debunk-911-111003.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1[/URL]
I'm reading this article this morning and I'm thinking 3 things:
Authentication, Authorization and non-Repudiation. These are frequently
used terms in my line of work. Based on those 3 things, I cannot (thinking critically) support the authors conclusions and assumptions in the article. Here's why:
In layman's terms, Authentication means that I have a way of verifying that you are in-fact who you say you are and that I am certain I have properly identified you. Authorization means that you have been vetted and approved to do what you are doing and that I accept your actions or statements as a representative of the organization that you belong to and that you are acting on behalf of that organization's official stance. Non-Repudiation means that I have a way of determining with certainty that the message did indeed come from you and that you cannot deny sending the message.
The article claims that Al-Qaeda recently released a message through respectable media outlets denouncing the Iranian president's statements as outlandish.
I contend that Authentication, Authorization and non-Repudiation have not been proven. If we have these 3 things, then the US Military knows with certainty where to place a well planned guided-weapon and would have been able to do so and would have done so long time ago.


