[52016] in Cypherpunks
Re: Mile High Snakeoil
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mutant Rob)
Tue Mar 12 06:46:32 1996
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 05:51:59 -0500
From: Mutant Rob <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>
To: Andrew Loewenstern <andrew_loewenstern@il.us.swissbank.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
I've been thinking about this a while. Perhaps it's high time some of us
try to contact Consumer Reports or some of the local TV/Newspaper consumer
reporters and encourage then to do features on encryption software... might
even get them to talk about ITAR, GAK, and the Leahy Bill...
Andrew Loewenstern wrote:
> I was flipping through a copy of Spirit, the official magazine of Southwest
> Airlines, while on a flight to Vegas and found a thoroughly enjoyable
> advertisement for a crypto product. Underlines and emphasis are theirs.[..]
> Encryption through totally unbreakable Stonewall-Drawbridge is your
> ultimate security blanket.[..]
> DRAWBRIDGE applies mathematical algorithms to encrypt messages and uses a
> quasi-infinite, one-way transfer to ensure veracity. Drawbridge uses an
> Infinite Venegere Key (IVK), combined with a one-way private key transfer ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> which is impossible to break, except by chance, once in a million years.
Hahahaha. *cough*
