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1998-10-31 - Re: don’t use passwords as private keys (was Re: Using a password as a private key.)

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From: Steve Schear <schear@lvcm.com>
To: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1998-10-31 23:12:11 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 07:12:11 +0800

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From: Steve Schear <schear@lvcm.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 07:12:11 +0800
To: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: don't use passwords as private keys (was Re: Using a  password as a private key.)
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>If you're worried about RF noise, you have to assume the CPU or disk
>is also radiating enough for the spooks.  On the other hand,
>that video camera in the ceiling can watch your keystrokes,
>but can't watch the CPU.  That's when the paranoids worry about
>whether the KGB is sneaking in and copying their disk drive at night,
>and they start getting encrypted file system software. :-)

That's why some recommend that all secret e-mail be composed and encrypted
on a laptop while disconected from the AC mains, and better yet operated in
an open area (a park) or a place with lots of other electrical noise (a
mall).

--Steve

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