From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 07:34:35 -0800 (PST)
To: toto@sk.sympatico.ca
Subject: Re: FINALLY, "SOME" TRUTH Re: Anonymous Nymserver: anon.nymserver.com
In-Reply-To: <199703202037.NAA03455@infowest.com>
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On Fri, Mar 21, 1997 at 03:06:41AM -0600, Toto wrote:
> Attila T. Hun wrote, in blood:
[...]
> > 
> >     you got that one right!
> >     just the ability to _backtrack_ into the algorithms is a start.
> >     One piece of clear text and you're toast.
> 
>   You can't tell me the guy who designed the Rubik cube didn't know
> how to 'beat' it when he was done.

With all due respect, Toto, this is not a valid point.  It is easy 
for someone to design and implement something they can't beat.

Whether PKZ designed in, or was coerced into installing, a backdoor 
into PGP is an interesting speculation, but immaterial.  The only 
real data you have is the code itself.

-- 
Kent Crispin				"No reason to get excited",
kent@songbird.com,kc@llnl.gov		the thief he kindly spoke...
PGP fingerprint:   B1 8B 72 ED 55 21 5E 44  61 F4 58 0F 72 10 65 55
http://songbird.com/kent/pgp_key.html