From: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 17:16:50 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Hackers invade DOJ web site
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At 5:17 AM 8/21/96, Alan Olsen wrote:

>One of the best comments I have seen (from another list) was:
>
>"These are the people who want us to escrow our encryption keys with them
>and yet they can't protect their own web site."
>
>I think this can be used as a very valid example as to why they are
>untrustworthy to be in charge of keeping anything private and/or protected,
>let alone private encryption keys.

Something for future hackers to think about adding in future attacks (*):


"Press HERE to access National Law Enforcement Master Key Database"

or

"Back Door"   (with some semi-realistic-looking computer files....)

or

"Click HERE to download confidential FBI dossiers on Clinton's political
enemies."

(with a few entries on leading Republicans and former White House
occupants, for verisimilitude)


In other words, the DOJ attack _could have_ made some much stronger points
than merely saying DOJ is linked to Hitler and pornography, etc.

(* I am not by these words _encouraging_ such hacks, at least not in any
active, conspiratorial, RICO sense.)

--Tim May

Illegal speech if said to Herr Clinton: "You suck, and those boys died!"
We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed.
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