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Re: More on video

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dorn Hetzel)
Fri Sep 18 17:42:04 1998

Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 17:35:17 -0400
From: Dorn Hetzel <dorn@atl.eni.net>
To: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>, nanog list <nanog@merit.edu>
Mail-Followup-To: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>,
	nanog list <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199809182126.RAA02459@nrk.com>; from David Lesher on Fri, Sep 18, 1998 at 05:26:50PM -0400


They could just release it encrypted with DES, and make it the next
key challenge :)

On Fri, Sep 18, 1998 at 05:26:50PM -0400, David Lesher wrote:
> Unnamed Administration sources reported that Sean Donelan said:
>  
> > Unlike last Friday when no one really knew exactly what was in
> > the boxes, GPO has all weekend to prepare this time.  They should
> > have enough copies at the GPO window for all the news media on
> > Monday morning so there is no need to beat up on the government
> > Internet servers.
> 
> They COULD open up distribution all weekend; but encrypted.
> Then, release the key Monday.  
> 
> (Oops, real encryption is an evil terrorist weapon with no valid
> uses....  How could I have forgotten that?)
> 
> 
> -- 
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