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Re: "PGP Encryption Proves Powerful"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Kelsey)
Tue Jun 3 14:45:44 2003
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Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 11:25:16 -0400
To: iang@systemics.com
From: John Kelsey <kelsey.j@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: cryptography@metzdowd.com
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At 11:18 AM 6/1/03 -0400, Ian Grigg wrote:
...
>This sounds workable in theory, but in practice,
>one has to work with the skills base of the users
>and the stress of the work.
>
>Terrorists are generally not adept at technical
>work. They are not really chosen for their
>skills; more their loyalty, their anger, and
>often their simplistic belief in "some other
>bad guy" stories. Terrorists are like soldiers,
>mostly drawn from the lower echelons of society,
>with a small smattering of bright sparks who
>rise to the top (if they survive at all). If
>they could master technically challenging tools
>like crypto then they'd not be terrorists, they'd
>be out there making a living.
Yeah, I suspect you're right. And the big problem with these threshhold
schemes is that non-cryptographers end up unable to figure out what the
heck is going on with them. Once you get past 2/n schemes, most peoples'
eyes glaze over.
...
>iang
--John Kelsey, kelsey.j@ix.netcom.com
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