Showing posts with label security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label security. Show all posts

Friday, December 04, 2009

Hardness of security and safety

Eugene H. Spafford is quoted to have said:
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 - and even then I have my doubts.
I guess the quote could just as well have been about safety:
The only truly safe system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards - and even then I have my doubts.