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From: jgg@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA (John G. Griffith)
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Subject: Introductions
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	 Bud and other netters,

    I am presently a systems security engineer working for the MITRE
Corporation.  I am interested in computer law as it pertains to the issues
of security and privacy.  In my present position, I help develop systems
that protect classified information from unauthorized disclosure, but my
work also pertains to present and future commercial systems.

    With the advent of 'Smart' charge cards, computer banking at home,
the increasing use of computers to store and process hospital and legal
records, the problems of personal privacy and computer security are becoming
increasingly intertwined.

   Another area that I am interested is liability for correct operation.
What happens when a worker is injured by a robot which is under the control
of a computer program which may have bugs in it?  What if there were no
bugs (A hard thing to prove given the technology today). What degree of
testing and analysis is acceptable to prove in a court of law that a program
works correctly and as documented?

     Anyway, this message is long enough.  Anyone else?

					   Griff