From: Laszlo Vecsey <master@internexus.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 16:15:41 +0800
To: schneier@couterpane.com
Subject: Re: Boycott "Applied Cryptography" and AT&T and RSA
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> WHAT THE FUCK??????????????????????????????????????????
> 
> EFF, EPIC, VTW and almost everyone else (except for Bizdos at RSA, hmmmm)
> have all come out against this piece of shit. But with these so called
> experts baking it it could pass anyway.
> 
> Maybe the ltrs are a forgery? We should ask them, and if this is true, LETS
> SEND THEM A MESSAGE!!!!!!!! SWITCH YOUR PHONE SERVICE AND TELL AT&T WHY!!!
> STOP RECOMMENDING APPLIED CRYPTO (THERE ARE EASIER BOOKS ANYWAY). DEMAND
> THAT THESE PEOPLE STOP GIVING AWAY YOUR RIGHTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not so much concerned about who supports key eskrow, I just want to
learn about cryptography! I sent away for my copy of Applied Cryptography
many months ago and it has yet to show up.

Bruce, please ship out a book to me!

(I would also appreciate a list of these "easier" bookst hat you mention,
as well as any free on-line information on crypto)