Re: NYT on IBM GAK

[jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>]

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
jimbell@pacifier.com