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Re: [Cryptography] Why is emailing me my password?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (=?UTF-8?Q?Lodewijk_andr=C3=A9_de_l)
Wed Oct 2 14:43:49 2013
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From: =?UTF-8?Q?Lodewijk_andr=C3=A9_de_la_porte?= <l@odewijk.nl>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 20:35:45 +0200
To: Russ Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
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2013/10/2 Russ Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
> If you are proposing that something needs stronger encryption than
> ROT-26, please explain the threat model that justifies your choice of
> encryption and key distribution algorithms.
>
ROT-26 is fantastic for certain purposes. Like when encrypting for kids
that just learned how to read. For anything else than no encryption you
should have a good understanding of why you're employing the cryptography,
and why in this way.
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra">2013/10/2 Russ Nelson <span dir=
=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:nelson@crynwr.com" target=3D"_blank">nelson@=
crynwr.com</a>></span><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
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<div id=3D":3yr" style=3D"overflow:hidden">If you are proposing that someth=
ing needs stronger encryption than<br>
ROT-26, please explain the threat model that justifies your choice of<br>
encryption and key distribution algorithms.</div></blockquote></div><br>ROT=
-26 is fantastic for certain purposes. Like when encrypting for kids that j=
ust learned how to read. For anything else than no encryption you should ha=
ve a good understanding of why you're employing the cryptography, and w=
hy in this way.</div>
</div>
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