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Re: NSA back doors in encryption products
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Laurie)
Wed May 24 14:21:37 2000
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Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 18:52:59 +0100
From: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>
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To: Enzo Michelangeli <enzom@bigfoot.com>
Cc: John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com>, Rick Smith <rick_smith@securecomputing.com>,
cryptography@c2.net, gnu@cygnus.com
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Enzo Michelangeli wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>
> To: John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com>
> Cc: Rick Smith <rick_smith@securecomputing.com>; <cryptography@c2.net>;
> <gnu@cygnus.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 9:08 PM
> Subject: Re: NSA back doors in encryption products
>
> > John Gilmore wrote:
> > > Anybody tested the primes in major products lately?
> >
> > Interesting point ... of course, these days one can produce checkable
> > certificates of primality - but I'm not aware of any free software to do
> > it ... is there any?
>
> What about the one quoted below?
Errr...
> CERTIFIX is an executable for Win95, Win98, NT (hardware Intel
> compatible).
'nuff said!
Cheers,
Ben.
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