At 5:17 AM 8/21/96, Alan Olsen wrote:

One of the best comments I have seen (from another list) was:

"These are the people who want us to escrow our encryption keys with them and yet they can't protect their own web site."

I think this can be used as a very valid example as to why they are untrustworthy to be in charge of keeping anything private and/or protected, let alone private encryption keys.

Something for future hackers to think about adding in future attacks (*): "Press HERE to access National Law Enforcement Master Key Database" or "Back Door" (with some semi-realistic-looking computer files....) or "Click HERE to download confidential FBI dossiers on Clinton's political enemies." (with a few entries on leading Republicans and former White House occupants, for verisimilitude) In other words, the DOJ attack _could have_ made some much stronger points than merely saying DOJ is linked to Hitler and pornography, etc. (* I am not by these words _encouraging_ such hacks, at least not in any active, conspiratorial, RICO sense.) --Tim May Illegal speech if said to Herr Clinton: "You suck, and those boys died!" We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Licensed Ontologist | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."