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Robert Morris (cryptographer)
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Robert Morris (July 25, 1932 – June 26, 2011) was an American cryptographer and computer scientist.
Quotes
Rule 1 of cryptanalysis: check for plaintext.
https://groups.google.com/g/sci.crypt/c/8aFmhI8PaRw/m/bwyHfMA2vGMJ Notes on Crypto '95: Non-cryptographic Ways of Losing Information invited talk by R. Morris Gillogly Jim 2 September 1995 Google Groups 2 August 2023
Never underestimate the attention, risk, money, and time that an opponent will put into reading traffic.
https://groups.google.com/g/sci.crypt/c/8aFmhI8PaRw/m/bwyHfMA2vGMJ Notes on Crypto '95: Non-cryptographic Ways of Losing Information invited talk by R. Morris Gillogly Jim 2 September 1995 Google Groups 2 August 2023
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.
Grampp F. T. Morris R. H. 1984 The UNIX System: UNIX Operating System Security AT&T Bell Laboratories Technical Journal 63 8 1649–1672 10.1002/j.1538-7305.1984.tb00058.x 1984BSTJ...63.1649G 26877484
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