Benches Quote by Gene Spafford

Questioning the status quo can result in banishment, imprisonment, ridicule or being burned at the stake, depending on your era, your locale, and the…

— Gene Spafford

While travelling near Tampa, Florida I passed the "Jehovah's Witness Assembly Hall" and was struck by the fact that that must be where they…

— Gene Spafford

Using encryption on the Internet is the equivalent of arranging an armored car to deliver credit card information from someone living in a cardboard…

— Gene Spafford

Cryptography [without system integrity] is like investing in an armored car to carry money between a customer living in a cardboard box and a…

— Gene Spafford

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…

— Gene Spafford

People in general are not interested in paying extra for increased safety. At the beginning seat belts cost $200 and nobody bought them.

— Gene Spafford

Our examination of computer viruses leads us to the conclusion that they are very close to what we might define as "artificial life." Rather…

— Gene Spafford

The only system which is truly secure is one which is switched off and unplugged, locked in a titanium lined safe, buried in a…

— Gene Spafford

Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory…

— Gene Spafford

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…

— Gene Spafford

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…

— Gene Spafford

Ability to type on a computer terminal is no guarantee of sanity, intelligence, or common sense.

— Gene Spafford