From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 06:47:12 +0800
To: Just Rich <rich@c2.org>
Subject: Re: Remailers run by spooks
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On Mon, 4 Mar 1996, Just Rich wrote:

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> I have no doubt that the CIA can break 1000-bit keys on a case-by-case
> basis, *if they decide to allocate the resources*. I think it's possible
> that some remailers are run by spooks. However, I seriously doubt that
> anyone is breaking stuff routinely, and I think the web of trust is pretty
> good.


What does the web of trust currently have to say about the political 
reliability of remailers?


> However, I also have no doubt that Strassmann and Marlow are spreading
> disinformation and exaggerating their capabilities in an attempt to break
> the web of trust and incite a witch hunt. It won't work. The answer in any
> case is more use of remailers, not less. Just turn up the noise level. 
> You already know that nothing is 100% secure, but you do what you can. 
> It's a war of attrition.

And thus the winner will be the one who makes it the hardest for the 
other to fight, not who inflicts the most casualities.

> 
> - -rich
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