[108112] in Cypherpunks
Re: CDR: Nasty rumor?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (gw-terisa)
Fri Feb 5 00:03:50 1999
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 20:44:19 -0800
To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com
From: gw-terisa <gw@terisa.com>
Reply-To: gw-terisa <gw@terisa.com>
send an encrypted threat that would be taken seriously, and find out?
At 12:08 PM 2/4/99 -0800, you wrote:
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>I just received a call from a paranoid associate who reported that he had
>just gotten off the phone with a spook at NSA. He reported that NSA has
>pretty much got encryption licked and that it can access any key. I
>assured him it was impossible. Nevertheless, is there a any truth at all
>to the claim or is it just wishful thinking on NSA's part or distorted
>hearsay? Looking at the math involved, I don't see how it's possible
>unless it involves key capturing techniques all of us are aware of.
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