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Article #257Re: Ontario Government Computers: Prudes Veto Vulgarity in Cyberspace
From: Ed Thomson
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 1994 23:57
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 1994 23:57
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SEGAL HENRY ALAN (segalh@ecf.toronto.edu) wrote: > >Hmmm...well, if that's true, then I think DES is terribly insecure (as if > >we didn't already know this) and should be abandoned immediately... > > > No, this does not make it insecure! It is as hard to find the 2nd password > (if there is one) as it would be to crack the original password. You missed the last line - it was there for a joke. It should read "I think we should all use ROT13". (Come on guys, a little sense of humor never hurt anybody!) -- Ed Thomson - ethomson@ncsa.uiuc.edu
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