From: "David E. Smith" <dsmith@prairienet.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 12:11:54 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Snake_Oil_punks was Re: SafE Mail Corporation
Message-ID: <199606182152.QAA04586@firefly.prairienet.org>
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[Snake oil alert!]
 
>         PGP has the secret key in its public key!
> 
>         Found out that not only does this algorithm use 22 characters.  
>         The characters are the ones only found on the keyboard.
> 
>         SafeMail uses a proprietary Russian algorithm.
> 
> Not only is this company misquoting it's making up as it goes along. :)
> 
> 

Okay, then I hereby claim the secret key 1234567890qwertyuiop+- as
my public key.  Now, by running that through the SafeMail
Russian algorithm, I get "Nyet!"

Would somebody please give these chums a clue or two, or
mailbomb their sorry asses, or something?


dave




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