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Lucky Green (shamrock@netcom.com)
Fri, 19 Jun 1998 22:42:07 -0700
At 07:31 98/06/19 -0500, Bruce Schneier wrote:
>Don't do it for the money; do it for the fun and the publicity. Companies
>that make outlandish crypto claims should be slammed. Someone do the
>reverse-engineering; I'll do the cryptanalysis.
There are dozens, if not hundreds, of snake oil crypto programs out there.
I would be surprised if Meganet had 500 customers. Meganet is just one of
the many snake oil vendors. Within that industry, prize offers abound.
Anyone remember the company that offered $1,000,000 for breaking their
crypto system a few years ago? Their design was broken on Cypherpunks
within a day. I don't recall anyone receiving a reward. Rather than
spending precious cycles on snake oil that hardly anybody uses, let's focus
on debunking potentially insecure systems that are widely deployed.
The new RSA Mondex cards and the six non-COMP128 GSM providers come to mind.
-- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred
"I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and
violence, I would advise violence." Mahatma Gandhi
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Fri Aug 21 1998 - 17:18:48 ADT