From: jonathon <grafolog@netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 16:52:39 +0800
To: Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>
Subject: Re: SafE Mail Corporation
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On Mon, 17 Jun 1996, Sandy Sandfort wrote:

	<< Somebody else wrote the first two lines >> 

> >We would like someone to be able or should I say try and 
> >crack our encryption. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE.

	With a 22 character public key
	One way hash function 
	50 Kb/second encryption  

> "Attention `Hackers'" they said if you crack their 
> unbreakable SafE Mail code, you get 5 free copies of ...

	I didn't get that far -- the above lines convinced
	me that it was hype.  
	
	Especially their errors about PGP --- if they can't quote
	their competition correctly, I can only assume that their own
	data about their program is equally misrepresented.  

> SafE Mail!  Oh, that's a really primo prize, broken 

	The free demo costs $40.00 for shipping and handling
	+ sales tax.   << Wish I could remember the exact wording
	of the statute that states what reasonable shipping and
	handling charges are -- I suspect this exceeds them. >> 

> Since cracking their encryption is IMPOSSIBLE, I suggest 
> they make the stakes interesting--$100,000, or hell, a cool
> million.  After all, it's unbreakable.  It's not like they

	An insurance policy from Lloyds of London will 
	probably cost them less than that, and will pay out
	more than that , when they do pay it out.

        xan

        jonathon
        grafolog@netcom.com