From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 18:47:08 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Fax Fools US Espionage
In-Reply-To: <199602070054.BAA11802@utopia.hacktic.nl>
Message-ID: <199602070110.UAA01084@jekyll.piermont.com>
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Anonymous writes:
> 
> "Foolproof" Encrypted Fax System

More like "system created by fools"

> The encryption system, meanwhile, uses a proprietary, but
> open systems standard of encryption,

I love the doublespeak..

> using a one-time
> passkey, which is transmitted by the sending fax device
> in a secure manner.

How can a one-time pad be transmitted securely? Sounds like crap to
me. Anyone know details?

> "This contrasts with the French/German system which is
> based on RSA's private and public key system. That system
> is flawed, since it relies on the US Government licensing
> a manufacturer to use the algorithm,

I'm sure Jim Bidzos would be amused to hear that.

Perry