From: "Rev. Mark Grant" <mark@unicorn.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 95 09:35:14 PDT
To: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Graphic encryption
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On Fri, 6 Oct 1995, Lucky Green wrote:

>And by the way, "proprietary" algorithms are generally junk and should not
>be relied upon by security concious individuals and businesses. Only
>algorithms that have undergone extensive peer review should be considered
>for use.

It's OK, when these guys were spamming Usenet a few weeks ago with their 
product announcement (admittedly, they did at least keep it to comp 
groups) they said it was export-approved. Therefore, it can be pretty 
much written off from a security standpoint - it's at best as good as 
40-bit RC4, and I sure wouldn't use that for secure communications.

I'd still like to know how it works so we can see just how insecure it 
is, though.

	Mark