NODE 637a9701AP Story
broitman@bucrf4.bu.edu (Jeff Broitman)Mon, 19 Jul 93 14:15:23 PDT
> He should've used PGP!
since they had his computer, they had his PUBKEY and SECKEY files...
and more than likely his pass phrase in simple encryption somewhere in
his files...(fairly easy to break simple encryptions...like CRYPT
command on unix...)
Don't you think?
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NODE ef7728bfRe: AP Story
khijol!erc (Ed Carp)Mon, 19 Jul 93 16:09:08 PDT
> since they had his computer, they had his PUBKEY and SECKEY files...
> and more than likely his pass phrase in simple encryption somewhere in
> his files...(fairly easy to break simple encryptions...like CRYPT
> command on unix...)
>
> Don't you think?
He could've kept his secring.pgp on diskette... :)
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NODE c025ac3dRe: AP Story
elee9sf@Menudo.UH.EDUTue, 20 Jul 93 06:39:15 PDT
> > He should've used PGP!
>
> since they had his computer, they had his PUBKEY and SECKEY files...
> and more than likely his pass phrase in simple encryption somewhere in
> his files...(fairly easy to break simple encryptions...like CRYPT
> command on unix...)
>
> Don't you think?
I apologize if this appears twice; I sent out a reply late last night
but it hasn't shown up yet. And I can't remember if I sent it to the
list or to the author...
Okay, it would be incredible oversight on his part to "simple encrypt"
his passphrase and leave it on his computer! It would be even worse
if he put his passphrase in config.txt.
But, he could have used "pgp -c" and IDEA encrypted his files, thus
rendering pubring.pgp and secring.pgp useless information.
So, he shouldn've used PGP!
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