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Re: Dorothy and the four Horseman
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phil Karn)
Fri Jun 6 15:19:52 1997
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 11:50:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com>
To: cme@cybercash.com
CC: PADGETT@hobbes.orl.mmc.com, cryptography@c2.net
In-reply-to: <3.0.1.32.19970606135036.00950440@cybercash.com> (message from
Carl Ellison on Fri, 06 Jun 1997 13:50:36 -0400)
>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.<<".
Right. I can see it now: explaining concepts like "unicity distance" to
a jury of twelve ordinary, nontechnical citizens...
Phil
