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+[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+[[meta license="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
+document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant
+Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.  A copy of the license
+is included in the section entitled
+[[GNU_Free_Documentation_License|/fdl]]."]]
+
+Alan Karp [identifies][1] 11 security questions:
+
+  [1]: http://www.eros-os.org/pipermail/cap-talk/2007-December/009460.html
+
+ * Authentication    Who am I talking to?
+ * Authorization     What should I be able to do?
+ * Audit                     Who did that?
+ * Access control    Should this request be honored?
+
+ * Non-repudiation   Can I pretend I never said that?
+ * Confidentiality           Can others see what I'm seeing?
+ * Privacy                   Can others see that I'm seeing it?
+ * Integrity                 Can this data be changed?
+ * Anonymity                 Can others find out who I am?
+
+ * Denial of service         Can I be assured of access?
+ * Physical security         Who can touch it?