From: Alan Olsen <alan@ctrl-alt-del.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 12:18:48 -0800 (PST)
To: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
Subject: Re: IPG Algorith Broken!
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19961124115028.00dc1358@mail.teleport.com>
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At 04:00 AM 11/24/96 -0500, Black Unicorn wrote:
>On Sun, 24 Nov 1996 eli+@gs160.sp.cs.cmu.edu wrote:
>
>> Maybe this one's different from all of those.  How valuable a secret
>> would you like to wager on that?  If IPG wants credibility, they should
>> retain a respected cryptographer, or several, to attack their scheme.
>
>"They" attempt this nearly daily by trying to taunt c'punks into
>evaluating the product for free.

Then someone should not do it for free.  They should do it as a "data
recovery tool", advertise widely, make a few bucks, and show what a piece
of crap the IPG snakeoil is in the first place.

Cracktools are starting to become a profitable business as more and more
snakeoil products appear on the market.  (Most are marketed to law
enforcement, but that will probibly change...)

There is a buck or two to be made here.

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