Daniel J. Bernstein's Quotes

I do engineering, not religion.

I have discovered that there are two types of command interfaces in the world of computing: good interfaces and user interfaces.

From a security perspective, if you're connected, you're screwed.

I thank God for not making me a computer scientist.

I won't be satisfied until I've put the entire security industry out of work.

I'm an academic. It's publish or perish.

In general, the Internet was not designed to accommodate deliberate failures to communicate.

Just because it's automatic doesn't mean it works.

The average user doesn't give a damn what happens, as long as (1) it works and (2) it's fast.

The most important function of a bibliographic entry is to help the reader obtain a copy of the cited work.