On Wed, 9 Aug 1995, Matt Blaze wrote:
I don't know what to believe. If this is a real, classified cryptosystem, it would be a very unusual first. On the other hand, if this is a hoax, whoever did it appears to have gone to some trouble, and has included some interesting design features. A third possibility, if we are to believe the spook markings, is that it is a re-implementation of someone else's cryptosystem, created for the purpose of cryptanlysis.
Two other possibilities: (1) It's merely an independently produced cryptosystem disguised as a "leak" to save its creator the trouble of asking experts to analyze it for him/her. (2) It's a misleading / intentionally "wrong" version of something, "leaked" by a government official of whatever ilk to precipitate a legal investigation of Cypherpunks, remailers, etc. (ie to show a judge to get wiretaps, etc.) I'm skeptical of (2), but it occured to me, and one can't be too safe... Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jon Lasser <jlasser@rwd.goucher.edu> (410) 494-3253 Visit my home page at http://www.goucher.edu/~jlasser/ You have a friend at the NSA: Big Brother is watching. Finger for PGP key.