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Bruce Almighty: Schneier preaches security to Linux faithful (ComputerWorld)

[Posted January 7, 2008 by corbet]

The Australian ComputerWorld interviews Bruce Schneier, who will be doing a keynote talk at linux.conf.au. "The most important thing Linux has done to improve security is to be competition for Windows. Monopolies are complacent, and by being an alternative, Linux forces Microsoft to improve its own operating system."

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Posted Jan 8, 2008 11:43 UTC (Tue) by alankila (subscriber, #47141) [Link]

With a title pun like that, it's time for some stolen Bruce Schneier facts:

* Bruce Schneier can straighten an elliptic curve with nothing but his teeth.
* Bruce Schneier does not tie his shoes, he encrypts them.
* Bruce Schneier's work isn't peer reviewed. He has no peers.