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Bruce Schneier (schneier@counterpane.com)
Thu, 18 Jun 1998 15:33:12 -0500
Get a copy and let's reverse-engineer the algorithm. It'll be fun; we can give
the money to EPIC or something.
At 09:34 AM 6/18/98 -0400, Zachary Roger Amsden wrote:
>Anyone seen www.meganet.com? I tried to access meganet after seeing a
>Simpsons episode, and guess what there is one. They have some thing
>called
>VME (Virtual Matrix Encryption), and it is complete trash snake oil.
>They claim that they have an algorithm called DLA that will decrypt to
>garbage after it's expiration date. I'm sure you all know that is not
>possible unless they have a time machine and the ability to change
>fundamental properties of mathematics. They are offerring $100,000 to
>break their garbage encryption every month, but they ain't giving out
>code. And they give a new challenge every month (to avoid brute force,
>I would assume). The obscurity on this one looks pretty thick, but if
>they were a true secure system they wouldn't need it. I just thought it
>was time to blow the whistle. I hope this hasn't already been discussed
>to death.
>
>Zach Amsden
>amsden@andrew.cmu.edu
>
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