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Article #2162Re: Limits on the Use of Cryptography?
From: Paul Crowley
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 23:12
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 23:12
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Quoting karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger) in article <Bz886x.Jw5@ddsw1.mcs.com>: >In article <1992Dec10.182022.9173@netcom.com> strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes: >> >>Iain McCord raises the possibiity that the police will "plant" an >>encrypted file, or worse, plant an incriminating encrypted file of >>their own design. > >... if the keys are not compromised you can, with certainty, >prove whether or not it was written by the individual in question. ...but if they're planting stuff on your very own hard disk, your keys probably are compromised. __ _____ \/ o\ Paul Crowley pdc@dcs.ed.ac.uk \\ // /\__/ "I'm the boy without a soul." \X/
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pipex!warwick!uknet!edcastle!dcs.ed.ac.uk!pdc From: pdc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Paul Crowley) Newsgroups: sci.crypt,alt.society.civil-liberty Subject: Re: Limits on the Use of Cryptography? Message-ID: <Bz9v4D.744@dcs.ed.ac.uk> Date: 14 Dec 92 23:12:13 GMT References: <2229.517.uupcb@grapevine.lrk.ar.us> <11283@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> <1992Dec10.182022.9173@netcom.com> <Bz886x.Jw5@ddsw1.mcs.com> Sender: cnews@dcs.ed.ac.uk (UseNet News Admin) Reply-To: pdc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Paul Crowley) Organization: Edinburgh University Lines: 15