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Re: NYT on IBM GAK
At 07:51 AM 10/3/96 -0500, Adam Shostack wrote:
>Rich Burroughs wrote:
>
>| The word "boycott" leaped into my mind. I personally do not believe that I
>| will be buying products from any of these companies, as long as thay
>| participate in this GAK charade.
>
> Folks,
> Lets be reasonable. Its time to jump on board the GAK
>bandwagon. After all, where better to disrupt the music? We need to
>start writing GAK software, and it better be up to the high standards
>that the NSA sets for itself.
>
> Once we've written it, and its being distributed, we can say
>'See, another broken bit of GAK software. Not even the NSA could get
>it right. Our data is too important to be using broken software to
>protect us.'
> And we have 56 bit exportability in hand.
>Adam
The problem is that the appearance of defeat could easily guaranteee the
real defeat itself.
Jim Bell
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