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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 guards.

Gene Spafford
Block, Security Systems, Rooms
"Computer Recreations: Of Worms, Viruses and Core War" by A. K. Dewdney, Scientific American, www.koth.org. March 1989.
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.