Re: SafE Mail Corporation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On Mon, 17 Jun 1996, Sandy Sandfort wrote: << Somebody else wrote the first two lines >>
We would like someone to be able or should I say try and crack our encryption. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE.
With a 22 character public key One way hash function 50 Kb/second encryption
"Attention `Hackers'" they said if you crack their unbreakable SafE Mail code, you get 5 free copies of ...
I didn't get that far -- the above lines convinced me that it was hype. Especially their errors about PGP --- if they can't quote their competition correctly, I can only assume that their own data about their program is equally misrepresented.
SafE Mail! Oh, that's a really primo prize, broken
The free demo costs $40.00 for shipping and handling + sales tax. << Wish I could remember the exact wording of the statute that states what reasonable shipping and handling charges are -- I suspect this exceeds them. >>
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
An insurance policy from Lloyds of London will probably cost them less than that, and will pay out more than that , when they do pay it out. xan jonathon grafolog@netcom.com
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