From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 16:40:12 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: IPG Algorith Broken!
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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.
>
> 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.

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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
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