[47476] in Cypherpunks
Re: noise levels
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Thu Jan 18 11:07:12 1996
To: "R. J. Harvey" <harveyrj@vt.edu>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 18 Jan 1996 10:33:23 EST."
<199601181533.KAA28653@sable.cc.vt.edu>
Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 10:47:45 -0500
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
"R. J. Harvey" writes:
> At 10:20 AM 1/18/96 -0500, Perry wrote:
> >
> >The noise levels around here are getting astounding.
> >
> >Posts on windows registration wizards, gun control, unemployment,
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Well, I'm sure you're correct on most of those,
> but the post on Microsoft using ENCRYPTED databases
> of competitor programs as part of its plan to surreptitiously
Actually, the database isn't encrypted -- its plaintext -- and the
wizard isn't surreptitious and tells you everything its doing and lets
you stop it if you like. In short, the topic has no cryptography
or security relevance *AT ALL*.
The posts on Microsoft's bad encryption for Windows passwords are
perfectly relevant, and I hope people don't confuse these issues.
Perry
