Be sure to include question number and name on each sheet. Please include a signed Honor Code Pledge. You are permitted to consult lecture and precept notes, course reader, and textbooks but not to collaborate with other students in the course. Read questions very carefully and answer as directly as possible. We expect the write-up of answers to take approximately three hours in all.
Some people claim that computer technology is riskier than other technologies.
Briefly list and explain the four barriers to accountability in a computerized society. Using the Netscape security flaw or the Therac-25 as an illustration, show how these barriers operate. A classmate of yours, Bud Ingspy, has hacked into the university system and browsed a copy of this exam. A good professional is not merely a hired gun. Even good professionals, however, will face hard cases.