Occupation: Computer Scientist Birth: 1956
Ability to type on a computer terminal is no guarantee of sanity, intelligence, or common sense..
The Internet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhoea - massive, difficult to re-direct, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mi….
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 guards..
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 end-to-end quality. Securi….
Cryptography [without system integrity] is like investing in an armored car to carry money between a customer living in a cardboard box and a person ….
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 bunker, and i….
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 make 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 ….
Our examination of computer viruses leads us to the conclusion that they are very close to what we might define as "artificial life." Rather than rep….
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 in c….
Questioning the status quo can result in banishment, imprisonment, ridicule or being burned at the stake, depending on your era, your locale, and the….
People in general are not interested in paying extra for increased safety. At the beginning seat belts cost $200 and nobody bought them..