On Tue, 2 Apr 2024, Russell Johnson wrote:

"If you can get physical access to a computer, it's not secure. It's only
a matter of time." That goes with the joke, "The only secure computer is
one that is in a bunker with no windows or door, no power, and no
connection to the outside world. And we're not sure about that one."

I was in the Army (counterintelligence and security) in (West) Germany in
the mid- late-1960s. We learned that no lock is secure given sufficient time
to pick/manipulate it. Even the Sargent-Greenlee padlocks could be opened
with enough time. Lock security was based on how much time it was not
observed. Computers fall into the same category.

Rich

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