Robert Morris

1932–2011 · cryptographer

Topics: security, unix

• Rule 1 of cryptanalysis: check for plaintext.

  — Robert Morris

• Never underestimate the attention, risk, money, and time that an opponent will put into reading traffic.

  — Robert Morris

• It is easy to run a secure computer system. You merely have to disconnect all dial-up connections and permit only direct-wired terminals, put the machine and its terminals in a shielded room, and post a guard at the door.

  — Robert Morris