Stefan Wollny <ste...@wollny.de> wrote: > that the German government claims to be able to break PGP and SSH.
I think you have to be cluelessly paranoid to read such a claim into a meaningless statement. > Question: > "3. Is the technique used also able to at least in part decode and/or > analyze encrypted communication (e.g. by SSH of PGP)?" > > Answer: > "Yes, the technique used is in principle able to do this, depending on > the way and quality of the encryption." As Buffy would say: Can you you vague that up for me? > Is this some sort of Governmental FUD by just NOT adding s.th. like "if > the password/passphrase is weak enough"? Yes. Actually, no. The term FUD would imply intentional disinformation. The intelligence agencies' ability to decode ROT13, filtered through layers of management who don't understand anything about crypto, would be fully consistent with an honestly given answer like the one above. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de
