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Re: X.509 / PKI, PGP, and IBE Secure Email Technologies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James A. Donald)
Thu Dec 8 11:03:30 2005
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From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
To: cryptography <cryptography@metzdowd.com>,
Aram Perez <aramperez@mac.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 22:24:04 -0800
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James A. Donald:
> > We can, and should, compare any system with the
> > attacks that are made upon it. As a boat should
> > resist every probable storm, and if it does not it
> > is a bad boat, an encryption system should resist
> > every real threat, and if it does not it is a bad
> > encryption system.
Aram Perez
> I'm sorry James, but you can't expect a (several
> hundred dollar) rowboat to resist the same probable
> storm as a (million dollar) yacht.
Software is cheaper than boats - the poorest man can
afford the strongest encryption, but he cannot afford
the strongest boat.
--digsig
James A. Donald
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/RDdl4GaftLppriBOAhXkSmzUWuV9JdpELHaG+Yq
4IZIPBnHPpNQYioKOhKdPdh6q6NwgwGDlLnbikvmA
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