- "Why am I always being asked to prove these systems
aren't secure? The burden of proof ought to be on the vendor.
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- You ask them about the hardware. "Secret."
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- The software? "Secret."
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- What's the cryptography?
- "Can't tell you because that'll compromise the secrecy
of the machines."
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- Federal testing procedures? "Secret"
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- Results of the tests? "Secret"
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- Basically, we are required to have blind faith."
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- - Dr. David L. Dill
- Professor, Computer Sciences
- Stanford University
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