A Sobering Thought.....

"In the beginning there was binary.
Both machine and human could communicate as one in perfect harmony.

Then came forth upon the world a multitude of programming languages that allowed people to be more productive, develop larger and more diverse programs, and create additional programming languages.

Mechanical gave way to Electrical which in turn has given way to Digital.
Small programs gave way to giant programs which in turn has given way to netware.

Yet, in all the world, all the programming languages, all the technology, - there is still one universally understood language - it is binary.
For what is created by humans and implemented in whatever language shall be translated to binary for a machine to fetch, decode, and execute.

It is here in the binary domain that the future battles shall be waged.
It is here in pure binary that I shall construct my defenses."

George E. Kalb
closing comments to the
Embedded Computer Systems - Vulnerabilities, Intrusions, and Protection Mechanisms course, March 2000

A Realistic Thought.....

"It's easy to be a master criminal....when surrounded by a bunch of morons!"

Co-Instructor
Security Management Module- Friday afternoon Case Study

A Reassuring Thought.....

"Don't become a computer criminal....become a computer criminologist!"

George E. Kalb
repeated many times throughout the
Embedded Computer Systems - Vulnerabilities, Intrusions, and Protection Mechanisms course, March 2000

A Scary Thought.....

"The day will come when a country's wealth shall not be measured in terms of bullion,..... but in terms of bits and bytes."

Anonyomous Author

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