[14188] in Cypherpunks
Re: IBM's NetSP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Linn Stanton)
Thu May 26 11:34:22 1994
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 26 May 1994 09:21:24 -0800."
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Reply-To: stanton@acm.org
Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 11:30:58 -0400
From: Linn Stanton <lstanton@sten.lehman.com>
In message <9405261621.AA19774@cmyk.warwick.com>you write:
> Agreed... 40 bit key feels like (to me) one of those locks that
> comes on suitcases that you could probally break open with a small
> hammer..
Absolutly true, but even week security can have its uses. One of the most
useful things we can do is get people used to, and routinely using, encryption.
There are still too many people who think that using encryption is proof
of wrongdoing.
