Um, no, it's from the Bible. The extended metaphor is the product of my
own sick and twisted mind. Glad that you enjoyed it, nevertheless.

Opinions are mine. The persons portrayed in the given story represent
themselves, and no other persons, living or deceased. If any of your
family members remind you of Satan as depicted in this story, please do
not sue me.

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>From:  Michael Anderson[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Thursday, April 03, 1997 2:54 PM
>To:    Stigers, Gregory - ANDOVER
>Cc:    [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       Re: POSIX/MPE security inconsistencies
>
>Stigers, Gregory - ANDOVER wrote:
>>
>> I call such programs Satan.
>>
>> Consider my experience with a previous company (now liquidated): this
>> fruit makes one like God (but not God), granting one the knowledge of
>> good and evil. Having eaten it, they knew that they were naked, and,
>> based on their response when this was pointed out, were ashamed, and
>> tried to hide and take measures to cover their nakedness. These fig
>> leafs (use of a lockword that they then embedded in job streams and
>> account UDCs) proved inadequate. They therefore were cast out of the
>> garden of a secure system, to bring forth new programs only with great
>> pain, and to sweat for their bread on a system that frequently yielded
>> thorns and thistles instead of information. Then one day, they died.
>>
>> Good thing that this text is in the public domain.
>>
>
>
>This is great!
>
>Is this part of VESOFT documentation?
>
>:-) :-):-)
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