As the classic https://www.usenix.org/system/files/1401_08-12_mickens.pdf https://www.usenix.org/system/files/1401_08-12_mickens.pdf notes: > Basically, you’re

As the classic https://www.usenix.org/system/files/1401_08-12_mickens.pdf https://www.usenix.org/system/files/1401_08-12_mickens.pdf notes: > Basically, you’re either dealing with Mossad or not-Mossad. Applied here: your system would be quite secure because most attacks are just automated robots trying a known set of exploits. The moment someone actually takes a shine to you, you are doomed as the system will be absolutely rife with all sorts of secholes which can be figured out by obtaining a copy and running a modern fuzzer against it. We follow the same train of thought, on SSE I suggested using a Sunfire machine to examine unknown USB sticks for similar reasons -- even if someone tries to espionage on a company, the chances of them creating a malicious stick which works an exploit on an ancient SPARC machine is extremely small https://security.stackexchange.com/a/103192/2429 https://security.stackexchange.com/a/103192/2429