1995-01-03 - Re: Why I have a 512 bit PGP key

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From: danisch@ira.uka.de (Hadmut Danisch)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1995-01-03 18:20:27 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 3 Jan 95 10:20:27 PST

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From: danisch@ira.uka.de (Hadmut Danisch)
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 95 10:20:27 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Why I have a 512 bit PGP key
Message-ID: <9501031819.AA21541@elysion.iaks.ira.uka.de>
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> While it's likely that a sysadmin could hack the kernel to substitute
> bogus MD5 hashes, doing so in certain environments could earn the sysadmin a
> quick exit from employment.  

If it wasn't the reason he was employed for. 

In Germany it is not allowed to spy out someone elses phone calls. (Is it 
in the USA?)  But some cases got public where employees of several companys
got their phones tapped. It was done to find out whether they do private
phone calls or what they say in private phone calls.

Hadmut






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