1 Unrelated Updates
My ssg has a few known bugs, but I also discoverd the RSS feed generator has a bug. I think I need to make a breaking change to not use a default title. I also want to finally finish a proper installation, so it works from anywhere, not just the parent directory (which is lame, I know, but I wrote this specifically, only, and originally for my blog). My ssg also only works one at a time because emacs defaults to using the same temp location for the current user. I think I can fix that by specifying the temp location. I originally wrote it when I migrated to org mode, which I still think was a good idea). But at the time I wanted to write a purely el implementation. Well, the rss feed generator already breaks those hopes!
2 IEEE 1012
A few years ago I was convinced by one of my graduate teachers that safety relates to damage or harm while security relates more to preventing unauthorized access.
security: (A) The protection of computer hardware or software from accidental or malicious access, use, modification, destruction, or disclosure. Security also pertains to personnel, data, communications, and the physical protection of computer installations. (B)The protection of information and data so that unauthorized persons or systems cannot read or modify them and authorized persons or systems are not denied access to them.
NOTE—See ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765:2010 [B20].
Over the years I had forgotten where this idea came from. I have referred to it in previous posts as well as during conversations. I have encountered a bit of resistence to this idea, though. Most folks think "safety" means security. Just look at the python package called safety. It's not the only example.
3 How I Found It Again
I was in a meeting today where folks could not agree on a well-crafted series of milestones. I thought to myself, "Great! I wrote a paper on this during my grad program!" I dug up the standard and skimmed through the definitions and there was the entry for security staring at me in the face.