1995-10-25 - Re: Reformated: How secure….

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From: Scott Brickner <sjb@universe.digex.net>
To: perry@piermont.com
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Message ID: <199510251759.NAA26251@universe.digex.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-10-25 17:59:24 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 25 Oct 95 10:59:24 PDT

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From: Scott Brickner <sjb@universe.digex.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 95 10:59:24 PDT
To: perry@piermont.com
Subject: Re: Reformated: How secure....
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"Perry E. Metzger" writes:
>Amateurs pretending that they are professionals going out and selling
>snake-oil crypto are one of the biggest threats in our business.

and then...

>I suspect it would take a real cryptographer very little effort to
>break your system, but that no one will bother doing so because it
>isn't really worth anyone's time.

Well, Perry, if it's really such a threat, isn't it worth someone's
time to combat it?

Wasn't that point driven home by the Netscape PRNG problems?

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• 1995-10-24 (Tue, 24 Oct 95 07:25:39 PDT) - Re: Re: Reformated: How secure…. - privsoft@ix.netcom.com (Steve )
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