[2308] in Humor
A primer on security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark A. Herschberg)
Thu May 14 13:15:49 1998
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 13:08:19 EDT
From: "Mark A. Herschberg" <hershey@MIT.EDU>
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To: unicorn@schloss.li
From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
Subject: Security, Obscurity, etc.
Sender: owner-coderpunks@toad.com
With all the recent confusion I thought I would outline some key terms:
Security through Obscurity - Housekey under the doormat
Obscurity through Security - Blinded Digital Cash
Securely Obscure - Mixmaster Remailers
Obscurely Secure - Rivest's Chaffing and Winnowing / ECC
Secure the Obscure - Invasion of Granada
Obscure the Secure - RSA's Propoganda page
Secured and then Obscured - Common White House black bag team coverup tactic
Obscured and then Secured - Hillary's billing records
Secure but not Obscure - Digicash
Obscure but not Secure - RSAs SecurPC
Neither Secure, nor Obscure - CIA budget figures
Secured - Iridium's deployment date (Last satellites up already)
Obscured - Iridium's deployment rate (uses GSM for billing)
Unsecured - Whitewater Loan
Unobscured - Whitewater Loan
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