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Re: Phil Zimmerman and voice encryption; a Skype problem?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dan@geer.org)
Mon May 22 19:29:29 2006
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From: dan@geer.org
To: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
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In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 22 May 2006 10:19:05 EDT."
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Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 12:49:39 -0400
"Steven M. Bellovin" writes:
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| .............................. -- that leaves open the possibility of a
| protocol change that implemented some sort of Clipper-like functionality.
| A silent change like that would be *very* ominous.
|
I'm reminded of Adi Shamir's 2004 Turing Award Lecture
* Absolutely secure systems do not exist
* To halve your vulnerability, you have to double your expenditure
* Cryptography is typically bypassed, not penetrated
--dan
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