From: jamiel@sybase.com (Jamie Lawrence)
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 94 16:46:57 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: [CyberCash Media hype]
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At 4:24 PM 9/14/94, nobody@shell.portal.com wrote:

>  Private on-line services use proprietary software to move
>funds, which reduces the risk of thieves breaking into the
>system. But only subscribers are permitted to make on-line
>purchases, and then only from participating merchants. For
>example, fewer than 3% of the people who frequent the CompuServe
>"mall" each month buy anything.
>  The Internet, by contrast, is an unsecured free-for-all that
>uses "open" software to let tens of thousands of computers link
>up. That means more computer jocks know how it really works,
>increasing the chances of a break-in.

These are my favorite paragraphs.

1) Proprietary == secure

2) Understanding how it works == insecure


-j
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Jamie Lawrence                                  <jamiel@sybase.com>