1995-09-13 - Re: Scientology tries to break PGP - and

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From: Andy Brown <asb@nexor.co.uk>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1995-09-13 15:50:17 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 13 Sep 95 08:50:17 PDT

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From: Andy Brown <asb@nexor.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 95 08:50:17 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Scientology tries to break PGP - and
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On Wed, 13 Sep 1995, Henry W. Farkas wrote:
 
> If decrypted with the "alternate" or "fake" secret key, the encrypted file
> is wiped until it reaches a marker; the remainder of the file is
> displayed.  If you use your "primary" or "real key", the extraneous text
> is simply stripped.

Useless I'm afraid.  They have the source code and have disabled your
"feature" and attached loud alarm bells to it.

- Andy

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• 1995-09-13 (Wed, 13 Sep 95 06:33:14 PDT) - Re: Scientology tries to break PGP - and - ab411@detroit.freenet.org (David R. Conrad)
  • 1995-09-13 (Wed, 13 Sep 95 07:46:06 PDT) - Re: Scientology tries to break PGP - and - “Henry W. Farkas” <hfarkas@ims.advantis.com>
    • 1995-09-13 (Wed, 13 Sep 95 08:50:17 PDT) - Re: Scientology tries to break PGP - and - Andy Brown <asb@nexor.co.uk>
      • 1995-09-13 (Wed, 13 Sep 95 10:21:27 PDT) - Re: Scientology tries to break PGP - and - Yih-Chun Hu <yihchun@u.washington.edu>