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Re: Orange book, the NSA, and the NCSC

To: [email protected] (Phil Karn)
Subject: Re: Orange book, the NSA, and the NCSC
From: khijol!erc (Ed Carp)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1993 01:32:27 -0800 (PDT)
Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
In-Reply-To: <9309290635.AA16536@servo> from "Phil Karn" at Sep 28, 93 11:35:17 pm
Reply-To: [email protected]

> Better yet, send them large PGP-encrypted messages using maximum-length
> public keys that are not registered with the key servers. That should
> keep their Crays busy for a while. :-)

Even if a Cray can crack a PGP-encrypted message in, say, an hour, flooding
the system with messages would tend to obscure real traffic with obscure
junk.  Hey, I can encrypt /vmunix with a random key as fast as the next
person.  :)
-- 
Ed Carp, N7EKG			[email protected]			510/659-9560
                            [email protected]
If you want magic, let go of your armor.  Magic is so much stronger than
steel!        -- Richard Bach, "The Bridge Across Forever"

References:
- Orange book, the NSA, and the NCSC
  - From: [email protected] (Phil Karn)

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