There was a profile of me in the St. Paul Pioneer Press on Sunday.
I’m pretty pleased with the article, but this is—by far—my favorite line, about Applied Cryptography:
“The first seven or eight chapters you can read without knowing any math at all,” Walker said. “The second half of the book you can’t export overseas—it’s classified as munitions.”
It’s not true, of course, but it’s a great line.
There’s also this in the Providence Journal.
Carl • November 24, 2006 9:34 PM
“I think he could go on Oprah and talk about security,” he mused. “Yeah, he could. He’d be OK. He’s got the ponytail.”
Best Idea Ever… well, unless you made up those juicy bits in Applied Cryptography..?..
Arturo Quirantes • November 27, 2006 2:26 AM
Just tale a look at the Bruce Schneier Facts:
http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/
Here’s just an example, Chuck Norris style:
“Bruce Schneier’s private key is so strong that he doesn’t even hide it — if you saw it, you’d die before you could use it.”
Rich • November 27, 2006 10:34 AM
A good profile, but you should get the Banana Waffle next time you’re at Highland Grill.
I like my copied of Applied Crypto, since it’s allowed me to easily explain to several non-technical people.
Jeff • November 27, 2006 11:41 AM
This line says it best in the Providence Journal, “The point of terrorism is to cause terror,??? he said. “If we refuse to be terrorized, we deny them their victory.??? As things are now, he said, “We’re doing their work for them.???
Here Here! What will it take to get Mr. Schneier in charge of Homeland Security? I would sleep better at night.
Void Runner • November 27, 2006 3:31 PM
Congratulations, Mr. Schneier !
Void Runner • November 27, 2006 3:32 PM
@Jeff
“Here Here! What will it take to get Mr. Schneier in charge of Homeland Security?”
A miracle, alas 🙁
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Rich • November 24, 2006 1:22 PM
Mere mortals people remember their age-
Schneier computes it on the fly.