Quotes from Clifford Stoll

Not often—with six-letter passwords a hacker had a better chance of winning the lottery than randomly guessing a particular password. Since the computer hangs up after a few log-in failures, the attacker would need all night to try even a few hundred possible passwords. No, a hacker couldn't magically enter my system. He'd need to know at least one password.

Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users?

Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.

Why is it that drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called users?

I spend almost as much time figuring out what's wrong with my computer as I do actually using it.

The truth is no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works.