1997-06-24 - Re: Garbled in transmission.

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From: C Matthew Curtin <cmcurtin@research.megasoft.com>
To: Rick Smith <smith@securecomputing.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-06-24 13:33:09 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 21:33:09 +0800

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From: C Matthew Curtin <cmcurtin@research.megasoft.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 21:33:09 +0800
To: Rick Smith <smith@securecomputing.com>
Subject: Re: Garbled in transmission.
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>>>>> "Rick" == Rick Smith <smith@securecomputing.com> writes:

>> I can't remember it word for word, but it went like this: "If
>> you're going to decrypt financial transactions you'd better be
>> prepared to get 1000 computers and spend 3 months on the project."

Rick> At least Harry Houdini made it look easy when *he* cracked state
Rick> of the art security technology...

I was on the Talk America radio network very briefly Monday morning
(about 6:30-6:40 EDT).  The host read something like that, and
observed that it "must be pretty secure" to take three months.

I asked him how long it would be before his credit cards expired.

He got the point.

-- 
Matt Curtin  Chief Scientist Megasoft Online  cmcurtin@research.megasoft.com
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