Re: Breaking the NSA

[Joe Turner <turner@telecheck.com>]

> 
> On Thu, 8 Dec 1994, Ian Farquhar wrote:
> 
> > I am told that a similar trick was tried by some people back in the
> > early 1980's, when they were trying to figure out if the NSA could
> > indeed break DES.  There was no official response to these attempts.
> 
> Or then again, maybe the people involved suddenly had the last 10 years
> or so of their tax returns scrutinised; maybe they were denied social
> benefits; etc.
> 
Or then again maybe they were chopped up in little pieces and are buried
in a hefty-sinch sack somewhere in the Nevada desert.  Or maybe they were
forced to watch an endless stream of bad T.V. sitcoms like T.J. Hooker
until thier brains melted and ran down the sides of thier faces.  Or
maybe they just commited suicide becuase they just couldn't deal with
all of the guilt...

<<I shudder to think of the possibilties...>>

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