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Re: NYT reporter looking for advice re: encryption products
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sandy Harris)
Fri May 12 01:28:20 2000
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Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 00:28:15 -0400
From: Sandy Harris <sandy@storm.ca>
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To: Lisa Guernsey <guernsey@nytimes.com>
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Lisa Guernsey wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> I'm working on a story that mentions several encryption systems, and I've
> heard that many companies often claim they have good products when in fact
> they have the equivalent of snake oil.
"Snake oil" is so common that there's a FAQ on recognising it:
http://www.interhack.net/people/cmcurtin/snake-oil-faq.html
and well-known author Bruce Schneier did an article on it last year:
http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-9902.html#snakeoil
