[946] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Dorothy and the four Horseman
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Carl Ellison)
Fri Jun 6 14:39:25 1997
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 13:50:36 -0400
To: "A. Padgett Peterson P.E. Information Security" <PADGETT@hobbes.orl.mmc.com>
From: Carl Ellison <cme@cybercash.com>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <970606100507.20610275@hobbes.orl.mmc.com>
At 10:05 AM 6/6/97 -0400, A. Padgett Peterson P.E. Information Security wrote:
>Am more concerned that for any crypt there exists a decrypt which could
>result in *any* predetermined message (within size constraints of course).
I think I would have to rely on a defense of the form: "Sure, you decrypted
it to read >>Bomb the FBI Headquarters<< but I can demonstrate a decryption
that reads >>love and peace eternally.<<".
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