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Re: [IP] more on Can you be compelled to give a password?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Gerck)
Thu Aug 10 18:35:12 2006
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Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:10:03 -0700
From: Ed Gerck <edgerck@nma.com>
To: "Travis H." <solinym@gmail.com>
Cc: Ariel Waissbein <wata.34mt@coresecurity.com>,
Cryptography <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
In-Reply-To: <d4f1333a0608082007u331d07bej7a65b97828fa97a1@mail.gmail.com>
Travis H. wrote:
> So the opponent then knows the password given to him is not valid, and
> might continue to search for a current one.
Not likely for the same data. After all, the data is protected by
a password that "expired".
> And/or step through the
> program with a debugger, like a software cracker removes copyright
> protection.
A debugger cannot decrypt without the key, which is produced only
with the access password.
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