1992-10-14 - re: Re: Mr. Squirrel

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From: Tom.Jennings@f111.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Tom Jennings)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1992-10-14 05:45:57 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 22:45:57 PDT

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From: Tom.Jennings@f111.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Tom Jennings)
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 22:45:57 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: re: Re: Mr. Squirrel
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 U> The most pressing thing is not to integrate encryptions in 
 U> mail handlers, but at the level of ether.  Ether is an 
 U> enormous security hole.  I can walk up to anything running 

Who uses ethernet?!  :-)

I think it's safe to say our FidoNet doesn't have three feet of
thinwire in it. We're all dialup. Message-reader integrated security
is where it's at -- here.

You're totally right about it though... but it requires physical access.


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