Re: Encrypted BBS?

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1993 16:11:13 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jeremy R. Smith" <jersmit@eis.calstate.edu> Subject: Encrypted BBS? Message-Id: <Pine.3.07.9307311613.A27337-9100000@eis.calstate.edu>

Would it be at all possible, given today's present state of cryptography, to run a bbs in a totally encrypted form? If so, are there any software packages out there that accomplish this at some level?

We did this about 8 years ago at E&S using DEC VMS NOTES. We used a plain vanilla secret key algorithm and a key shared by all legitimate members of the group. We could do it today -- but why bother? If you have a key that widespread, it's effectively certain that a "wrong person" (however you define him/her) will have a copy of the key.