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Re: Scientology tries to break PGP - and fails?
>
> On Fri, 8 Sep 1995, Tom Rollins wrote:
>
> > I took a look at the FACTNet web page. There is a file encrypted with
> > PGP using the "-c" option. They are asking for people to help guess
> > the Pass Phrase. Why would anyone bother if they had no clue that the
> > file contained anything 'interesting'.
>
> I can only assume one of two things - either this is a joke, as the
> decrypted contents are nothing special as far as I can see (though
> 'interesting' in a sense), or that someone is very, very clever and
> managed to hide two different messages in there with different
> passphrases.
>
> > If this is the file that the Co$ is trying to crack, then what the
> > is being asked for is a pass phrase that can be handed to the Co$ that
> > will pass the PGP valid key check and still not decrypt the data to
> > anything usefull.
>
> If this is the file the Co$ want to crack, they're a) clearly
> cryptographically inept, and b) the joke's clearly on them 8-).. Any
> hacker worthy of the name ought to get the passphrase within three
> attempts (I got it first time).
>
> Note for paranoids: Of course, this message may just be a ruse to put
> the Co$ off the scent ;-)..
>
> Mark
Ooops, I see what you mean. It is funny !
I simply did not take this at face value.
-tom