Security Quotes

“The movement of trusted information is the lifeblood of a modern economy.”

“I'm trying to replace the need for trust with the certainty of mathematics.”

“The major psychological task of an adult is to create a psychic sense of security.”

“The goal is not to make something that's unbreakable. The goal is to make something that's too expensive to break.”

“Cryptography is the ultimate form of non-violent direct action.”

“Security is a process, not a product.”

“The magic of public-key cryptography is that you can have a system where you can send a message that only one person can read, but you don't have to have any prior arrangement with that person.”

“What you need for a secure system is a bunch of people who are paranoid.”

“The notion that you can somehow get privacy by obscuring things is a fallacy.”

“There is no doubt that our nation's security and civil liberties are not mutually exclusive. We can and we must protect both.”

“Before public key cryptography, if you wanted to send a secret message to someone, you had to first agree on a secret key. This was a major bottleneck.”

“I think our code audit process is our most important contribution to the free software world.”

“If you want to have a secure system, you have to write it from the beginning to be secure.”

“Complexity is the worst enemy of security.”

“The user's going to pick dancing pigs over security every time.”

“One of my hobbies is to create software that is more secure than what is currently available.”

“The first rule of sane cryptography: never invent your own.”

“There's something wrong with the way that the C language is being used.”

“Public-key cryptography is not a panacea. It's a tool, and like any tool, it can be misused.”

“Encryption is a double-edged sword.”