Re: TI-H: Demolition Calc

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Subject: Re: TI-H: Demolition Calc
From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 11:43:10 -0900
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>Not true actually, heavy encryption systems, such as long key length
>public key encryption are safe, it is highly unlikely that any organization
>has the computer power to crack them.  This is one reason the government
>is concerned about the ease with which people have access to industrial
>strength encryption, they (currently) have no way to crack it.  Note that a
>vary large cluster of fast machines could probably crack the best encryption
>in a matter of months, however, such cracking would be limited to the
>highest priority messages, the time and money requred to crack messages
>from the average Joe just isn't worth it.

If the government has you on trial, and some evidence is in a safe, they
will get the combination out of you somehow...  Encryption is the same
thing.

>That depends entierly on the person, some of us would be willing
>to go to prison on principle, even if the encrypted data was a recipe
>for grandma's cookies.

Why lock an empty paper bag in a safe?

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Re: TI-H: Demolition Calc

From: "David Knaack" <dknaack@geocities.com>