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Re: PGP compromised on Windows 9x?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Gillogly)
Thu Feb 4 13:29:43 1999
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 10:14:18 -0800
From: Jim Gillogly <jim@acm.org>
Reply-To: jim@acm.org
To: cryptography@c2.net
Harald Hanche-Olsen wrote:
> (Who was it who said that using strong cryptography on the Internet
> was like using an armoured truck to transport stuff from a guy living
> in a cardboard box to someone living on a park bench?)
That was Gene Spafford. It's such a wonderful image that it would be a
shame to have the attribution too far from the quote. The verbatim
(I think) version is:
Using encryption on the Internet is the equivalent of arranging
an armored car to deliver credit-card information from someone
living in a cardboard box to someone living on a park bench.
Gene Spafford
--
Jim Gillogly
14 Solmath S.R. 1999, 18:08
12.19.5.16.9, 3 Muluc 2 Pax, Fifth Lord of Night
