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1995-09-05 - Re: NSA says Joe Sixpack won’t buy crypto

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From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@access.digex.net>
To: Jeff Simmons <jsimmons@goblin.punk.net>
Message Hash: f808175acfb9ae860cc94ef5429f098a6d9d30acf63d836b19f5ab01a3d756e9
Message ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950905191242.18066A-100000@access2.digex.net>
Reply To: <199509052300.QAA21504@goblin.punk.net>
UTC Datetime: 1995-09-05 23:13:55 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 5 Sep 95 16:13:55 PDT

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From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@access.digex.net>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 95 16:13:55 PDT
To: Jeff Simmons <jsimmons@goblin.punk.net>
Subject: Re: NSA says Joe Sixpack won't buy crypto
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On Tue, 5 Sep 1995, Jeff Simmons wrote:

> Date: Tue, 5 Sep 1995 16:00:38 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Jeff Simmons <jsimmons@goblin.punk.net>
> To: cypherpunks@toad.com
> Subject: Re: NSA says Joe Sixpack won't buy crypto
> 
> > > 
> > > Here's a prediction:  within one year, we will see the advent of Micro$oft's
> > > "Not So Bad Privacy".  It'll be a secret algorithm with either GAK done by
> > > Micro$oft itself, or a flat-out trap door.  ANY communications with a 
> > > Windoze box or network will have to use it, or loose the market.
> > 
> Black Unicorn wrote:
> > 
> > It's here already.
> > It's called "lotus notes."
> > 
> So what form of GAK or trap-door does lotus notes contain?

No, it's just been so weak before the current implementation of RC4 (and 
note the export version still has 40 bits) that it might as well be nothing.

> 
> -- 
> Jeff Simmons                           jsimmons@goblin.punk.net
> 

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