10 Oct
2000
10 Oct
'00
6:41 p.m.
Michael Paul Johnson wrote:
At 01:44 PM 10/10/00 -0400, Arnold G. Reinhold wrote:
I was thinking it might be useful to define a "Paranoid Encryption Standard (PES)"
To put this suggestion into perspective, consider that in the real world, pure cipher strength is rarely the weakest link in the security chain, provided that a reasonable key length and cipher are chosen.<
I was thinking the same thing. The five most secure algorithms in the world don't do any good if the passwords are on a post-it on the monitor. I really like Sunder's .sig about passwords and underwear; too bad a lot of users don't follow that advice. -- Steve Furlong, Computer Condottiere Have GNU, will travel 518-374-4720 sfurlong@acmenet.net