[49514] in Cypherpunks
Re: Encryption and Backups
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jamesd@echeque.com)
Thu Feb 8 11:19:10 1996
From: jamesd@echeque.com
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 08:13:34 -0800
To: John Pettitt <jpp@software.net>, Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net>,
Alan Olsen <alano@teleport.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
At 08:33 PM 2/4/96 -0800, John Pettitt wrote:
> CP Backup (part of PC Tools for Central Point aka Symantec) has DES. As to
> how good the implementation is: I have no idea.
Broken:
I worked on that (well I attended meetings on the implementation of that).
It will keep out the average kid sister. Better than rot 13.
I protested vociferously, saying that such encryption verged on fraud, and
my boss overruled me without explanation or discussion -- odd behavior for
him.
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