In a message dated 96-06-18 02:34:54 EDT, sandfort@crl.com (Sandy Sandfort) writes: << C'punks, At 05:21 PM 6/17/96 -0400, M.Wagoner (1) wrote:

We would like someone to be able or should I say try and crack our encryption. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE.

Our Web site is http://www.sfmc.com Phone number is 1-800-252-9938.

So I pulled up the Web site to see what sort of reward they offered to the successful cracker. Under the heading "Attention `Hackers'" they said if you crack their unbreakable SafE Mail code, you get 5 free copies of ... SafE Mail! Oh, that's a really primo prize, broken software. Duh. Since cracking their encryption is IMPOSSIBLE, I suggest they make the stakes interesting--$100,000, or hell, a cool million. After all, it's unbreakable. It's not like they will have to pay up or anything. S a n d y

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Very good point. Hell I have a book that offers $1,000 to crack a little string. How much does everyone here actually talk about the techniques of decryption?? Is is something any of you are well versed at and would welcome any questions to? Thanks..... Adam