From: Jonathan Wienke <JonWienk@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 15:43:22 +0800
To: "Nobuki Nakatuji" <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: S/MIME
In-Reply-To: <19971103044957.24885.qmail@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19971103183411.0315aeb4@popd.netcruiser>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Boundary..3986.1071713748.multipart/signed"

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At 08:49 PM 11/2/97 PST, Nobuki Nakatuji wrote:
>Is S/MIME secure than PGP ?

No. S/MIME uses 40 bit keys, which are trivially breakable by paralell
brute-force key search attacks.

Jonathan Wienke

PGP Key Fingerprints:
7484 2FB7 7588 ACD1  3A8F 778A 7407 2928
3312 6597 8258 9A9E D9FA  4878 C245 D245 EAA7 0DCC

"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude
greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace.
We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that
feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you; and may posterity forget
that ye were our countrymen."
-- Samuel Adams

"Stupidity is the one arena of of human achievement where most people
fulfill their potential."
-- Jonathan Wienke

RSA export-o-matic:
print pack"C*",split/\D+/,`echo "16iII*o\U@{$/=$z;[(pop,pop,unpack"H*",<>
)]}\EsMsKsN0[lN*1lK[d2%Sa2/d0<X+d*lMLa^*lN%0]dsXx++lMlN/dsM0<J]dsJxp"|dc`

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Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="pgp00002.pgp"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="pgp00002.pgp"
Content-Description: "PGP signature"

LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBQR1AgTUVTU0FHRS0tLS0tClZlcnNpb246IFBHUCBmb3Ig
QnVzaW5lc3MgU2VjdXJpdHkgNS41CgppUUEvQXdVQk5GN09Nc0pGMGtYcXB3
M01FUUowNWdDY0N6dVA1dW5aN0RBUlRZdVhqQmNSZ1lPcnQrTUFvT0xtCk1w
eHB1TWkydFd4cVF3UjFoSm43OHpoeQo9WitKOAotLS0tLUVORCBQR1AgTUVT
U0FHRS0tLS0tCg==
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