From: wichita@cyberstation.net
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 01:26:31 -0800 (PST)
To: "Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM" <dlv@bwalk.dm.com>
Subject: Re: IPG Algorith Broken!
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On Sun, 24 Nov 1996, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:

> Alan Olsen <alan@ctrl-alt-del.com> babbles:
> > 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.
> >
That is impossible, it is self evident that it cannot be done. There are
some people who are trying to break it, but they will obviously find that
is impossible.

> > 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.
> 
> There's probably more money to be made by blackmailing the snake-oil
> peddler (pay me so I don't release the cracktool for your crap) than
> by selling the cracktools themselves.
> 
> ---
Give up, no one can break the IPG system. That is a fact, not an opinion,
like some of the cypherpunks.

With kindest regards,

Don Wood