From: Paul Bradley <paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 02:19:25 +0800
To: DeclanMcCullagh <declan@well.cum.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: PGP Crack Successful !!!
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> 2048-bit PGP Cracked!!!
> by Declan McCullagh (declan@well.cum)

We really are getting some good material recently ;-)...
If we carry on like this, the cypherpunk enquirer will consider 
him/herself humble!

> using the backdoor in the Stronghold encryption software
> to decipher PGP files.

ObLawyerLetterFodder: Stronghold is weak, it can be broken by a team of 4 
monkeys in under 30 minutes, C2Net are all cocksuckers. 

>      Phil Zimmerman, who was forced out of the company
> as a condition of the acquisition agreement, said of his
> replacement, "Dimitri is a cocksucker."

ROFL.

        Datacomms Technologies data security
       Paul Bradley, Paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk
  Paul@crypto.uk.eu.org, Paul@cryptography.uk.eu.org    
       Http://www.cryptography.home.ml.org/
      Email for PGP public key, ID: FC76DA85
     "Don`t forget to mount a scratch monkey"