Christopher Nielsen writes:
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> On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Christopher Nielsen wrote:
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> > On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, David R. Conrad wrote:
> >
> > > Quick question: does anyone know of technology or techniques that would
> > > facilitate strong authentication (_not_ encryption) for unattended high
> > >
Forgive me for saying this, but I'm a bit dismayed at the arrogance of
people talking about "idiots" and "stupid" and "fools". People using
cryptography on computers are generally not stupid. If they are having
a hard time with passphrases, I humbly suggest it is because we as
cryptographers and s
Hmmm Anybody thought of combining mixmaster, an SMTP client, SMTP
server, and the DNS? Here's how it would work:
1) email would arrive at the SMTP client using ordinary means.
2) The SMTP client would ask the DNS for the MX records for the host.
3) If the DNS has two MX records which poin
> But what you imply, that PGP (and other programs that request passwords
> and passphrases from the user) should be more picky in what it accepts, is
> an excellent idea. Of course, it's impossible to force the user to choose
> a good passphrase, but requiring no fewer than, say, 12 characters t
It has come to my attention that there is a faked key out there,
purporting to be mine:
Key ID: 0x6B722A59
Fingerprint: 428C 1E68 35E1 E96C 177A F49C A906 3F1F 6B72 2A59
Name: Ben Laurie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Created: 09/10/98
Type: 2048/1024 DH/DSS
It isn't clear to me what the point of this key
On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Tom Garner wrote:
> I say that it is TIME for programmers to QUIT giving us ... the
> opportunity to choose a passphrase that can be easily guessed
> Isn't it possible w/out degrading any further on PGP's side the ability to
> have someone enter a passphrase and its eithe
> -Original Message-
> From: Jay D. Dyson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, February 08, 1999 12:08 PM
> To: Cryptography List
> Subject: RE: PGP compromised on Windows 9x?
>
>
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
>
> On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Tom Garner wrote:
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> Sure, I wou
> Cryptography can be rendered easy to use (a'la NAI's iteration of
> PGP which functions as several things, not the least of which is a plug-in
> for the Eudora mailer). The only problem is this: when you make something
> idiot-proof, idiots will use it. And when idiots use something, i
Your theory "feels" correct but in one of the more popular real world
scenarios the $resource$ ratio for the cracker to the encryptor could be
as high as 10^5 or 10^6 : 1.
Mike
bram wrote:
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> On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, bram wrote:
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> > I have a theory that no matter what computing machine is availa
On Feb 4, 6:50pm, Harald Hanche-Olsen wrote:
> Subject: Re: PGP compromised on Windows 9x?
> As is pointed out in the referenced article, this macro virus only
> steals the (encrypted) private keyring, and hence private keys are
> still safe unless the attacker can break the encryption. Which he
quoth Tom Garner:
> Greetings/Salutations,
>
> It troubles me, how lazy and stupid the average person is. How many TIMES
> do we have to say "don't use a passphrase that is..." or "make your
> passphrase 8 ALPHA-Numeric...".
>
> I say that it is TIME for programmers to QUIT giving us (and I say
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People have been bandying about various claims about the security
Greetings/Salutations,
It troubles me, how lazy and stupid the average person is. How many TIMES
do we have to say "don't use a passphrase that is..." or "make your
passphrase 8 ALPHA-Numeric...".
I say that it is TIME for programmers to QUIT giving us (and I say us, as in
all of us), the oppor
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