From: anderson@optical.bms.com
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 01:11:07 +0800
To: cmcurtin@research.megasoft.com
Subject: THE POUCH
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>>>>> "mattC" == C Matthew Curtin <cmcurtin@research.megasoft.com> writes:

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mattC> Allow me to quote from your web page:
mattC> http://www.flagler.com/security.html

mattC> Quote #1:
mattC> "The POUCH is a secure e-mail terminal program for IBM compatible
mattC> computers. It uses a secret key phrase, advanced cryptographic
mattC> techniques and several unpublished algorithms to protect data in the
mattC> body of e-mail messages. The key phrase, which can be up to 48 bytes
mattC> long, is easily remembered and communicated. The POUCH is highly
mattC> resistant to all known forms of cryptographic attack."

mattC> Quote #2:
mattC> "We warrant that the product when delivered to you has no short cuts,
mattC> covert channels or secret solutions of any kind. No other warranty,
mattC> either expressed or implied is given."

mattC> If it is any good, there's no way for us to know. But your marketing
mattC> of the product has every indication that it's nothing more than smoke
mattC> and mirrors. To coin a phrase, "pseudocrypto."

To coin a phrase, "pseudocrapto" :-)


Jay

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