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Re: Speaking of rubber hoses [was Re: Storage encryption tools]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barney Wolff)
Thu Dec 11 16:27:31 1997
From: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>
To: cryptography@c2.net
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 12:09 EST
While I find the notion of a cryptographic storage system that retrieves
different apparently-valid data using different keys interesting, the
mere existence of such systems would cause the rubber-hose wielder to
test to destruction. What would he have to lose? So you would protect
yourself only against naive brutes. And of course, what if your
interrogator does not believe that the SS30 launch codes are what you
are ultimately hiding?
Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>
