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In article <770@bcsaic.UUCP> michaelm@bcsaic.UUCP (Michael Maxwell) writes:
>In article <249@runx.OZ> zeta@runx.OZ (Nick Andrew) writes:
>>...I would not bet that the Russian's didn't already have the full
>>text of both DES and crypt(1) methods, with 'C' source...
>>	For state or national secrets the Russians can simply send somebody
>>to the USA to pick up the source code from any site with crypt(1) and a
>>source license.
>
>I shouldn't butt in on this, but...  I would guess that even our government
>has the sense to know that the Russians have these encryption
>algorithms (or better ones--they do have mathematicians, you know).  My
>guess is that the people our government is trying to keep these from are
>rather small terrorist groups, small time drug runners, etc.

Uh, all the terrorists that *I* know could care less about encryption
algorithms or what have you... the kind of secrets they're after, is
"where are cops", and "where is there a hole in the radar coverage so
that I can get my boatfull of coke in?", or, "How can I turn an
ordinary rifle off the shelf into an automatic weapon". Most
terrorists are pretty technically unsophisticated... a good thing,
too, because U.S. (and other) communications facilities are very
vulnerable to acts of terrorism if you know what you're doing.

>What? Credit my employer with my brilliant ideas???  No way!!

Don't worry!
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