17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Nicolas J. Hammond wrote:
Not quite sure the relevance to cryptography. I believe that at their "trial", some documents were produced - I doubt they were encrypted.
Well, Mary Queen Of Scots's secret communications relied on concealing messages in bottles whilst under arrest. This channel was discovered, and all here messges were intercepted and read before being passed on. Security thru Obscurity just doesn't work...