Gene Spafford Quotes

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• The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed…
• People in general are not interested in paying extra for increased safety. At the beginning seat belts cost $200 and nobody bought them.
• Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where…
• Using encryption on the Internet is the equivalent of arranging an armored car to deliver credit card information from someone living in a cardboard box…
• But it doesn't have to be this way. We can do things better. We need to stop doing business as usual and start focusing on…
• The only system which is truly secure is one which is switched off and unplugged, locked in a titanium lined safe, buried in a concrete…
• The Internet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhoea - massive, difficult to re-direct, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of…
• Secure web servers are the equivalent of heavy armoured cars. The problem is, they are being used to transfer rolls of coins and cheques written…
• Ability to type on a computer terminal is no guarantee of sanity, intelligence, or common sense.

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