[971] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Dorothy and the four Horseman
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Bellovin)
Sat Jun 7 14:08:52 1997
To: Ben Cox <cox@transarc.com>
cc: Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com>, cme@cybercash.com,
PADGETT@hobbes.orl.mmc.com, cryptography@c2.net
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 21:24:02 -0400
From: Steven Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>
That might not be easy, but I bet getting them to believe an
expert witness (who could say in no uncertain terms that neither
decryption was more probable than the other) would be much
easier.
I don't have my copy of Kahn handy -- he describes the situation --
but this isn't a new issue. Elizabeth Friedman cryptanalyzed the
traffic used by the rum runners during Prohibition; she was often
challenged on the accuracy of her decryptions by defense attorneys.
