[49388] in Cypherpunks
Re: Fax Fools US Espionage
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Tue Feb 6 20:16:23 1996
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 Feb 1996 01:54:34 +0100."
<199602070054.BAA11802@utopia.hacktic.nl>
Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 20:10:21 -0500
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Anonymous writes:
>
> "Foolproof" Encrypted Fax System
More like "system created by fools"
> The encryption system, meanwhile, uses a proprietary, but
> open systems standard of encryption,
I love the doublespeak..
> using a one-time
> passkey, which is transmitted by the sending fax device
> in a secure manner.
How can a one-time pad be transmitted securely? Sounds like crap to
me. Anyone know details?
> "This contrasts with the French/German system which is
> based on RSA's private and public key system. That system
> is flawed, since it relies on the US Government licensing
> a manufacturer to use the algorithm,
I'm sure Jim Bidzos would be amused to hear that.
Perry
