[943] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Dorothy and the four Horseman
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (A. Padgett Peterson P.E. Informati)
Fri Jun 6 13:26:57 1997
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 10:05:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: "A. Padgett Peterson P.E. Information Security" <PADGETT@hobbes.orl.mmc.com>
To: cme@cybercash.com
CC: cryptography@c2.net
>To bring it closer to home, does undecrypted ciphertext "exist" any more
>than the sound waves which went unrecorded in that men's room? ...legally,
>that is?
Am more concerned that for any crypt there exists a decrypt which could
result in *any* predetermined message (within size constraints of course).
Anyone know how the book codes used at the turn of the century were treated
legally ? The ones where "The pen of my aunt has fallen from the table."
meant "Sell British Steam Trombone soonest."
Warmly,
Padgett
