[92893] in Cypherpunks
Re: Silly Shrinkwrapped Encryption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ian Sparkes)
Fri Jan 9 04:06:43 1998
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 09:46:53 +0100
To: cypherpunks@ssz.com
From: Ian Sparkes <isparkes@q9f47.dmst02.telekom.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980109002034.6936B-100000@pakastelohi.cypher
punks.to>
Reply-To: Ian Sparkes <isparkes@q9f47.dmst02.telekom.de>
>Lotus made not secret of their GAK implementation in Notes. If the Swedish
>government bought Notes anyway, they have only themselves and the
>incompetence of their IS people to blame.
>
>Now they have to scrap a recently fielded system. Though luck. Better
>solutions than Notes were out there and easily to be found by the most
>casual buyer.
>
People buy Notes for the databases - the mail is just a freebie for most, a
bit like the radio in your car. The mail's not even very good (adequate at
most).
Anyone know if the databases are encrypted with the same GAK scheme?
