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Re: HACKERS SMASH U.S. GOVERNMENT ENCRYPTION STANDARD

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Thu Jun 19 13:16:36 1997

To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 97 12:02:27 EDT
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970619094828.559E-100000@fatmans.demon.co.uk>
Reply-To: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)

Paul Bradley <paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk> writes:

> 
> 
> 
> > INetZ vice president Jon Gay said "We hope that this will encourage
> > people to demand the highest available encryption security, such as
> > the 128-bit security provided by C2Net's Stronghold product, rather
> > than the weak 56-bit ciphers used in many other platforms."
> 
> INetZ obviously hasn`t had experience of C2Net, the censorous cocksuckers 
> who send lawyer letters to security consultants who question the strength 
> of their products.
> 
> > C2Net is the leading worldwide provider of uncompromised Internet
> > security software. C2Net's encryption products are developed entirely
> > outside the United States, allowing the firm to offer full-strength
> > cryptography solutions for international communications and
> > commerce. 
> 
> C2Net also censor all dissenters over the security of their products, try 
> it if you want to prove my point, just post a message to a security forum 
> questioning the security of stronghold.

I recall reading that the Hebrew word "Amen", meaning roughly, "it is so",
comes from the name of the Egyptian god Amon.  Therefore "by Jove" is a
close English equivalent.

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<a href="mailto:dlv@bwalk.dm.com">Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM</a>
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