On 29 Jun 96 at 5:58, nelson@crynwr.com wrote:

Earlier, someone mocked someone else for being paranoid. Sorry, but this is a mistake. By definition, you have a non-empty threat model when you set out to encrypt; therefore you must be paranoid to use encryption. [..]

Depends. If you're paranoia is irrational, then you may do irrational things that will hurt... For instance, there are people who believe that the NSA has control over every C compiler on the planet which inserts a back door into any version of PGP, and therefore the only 'safe' PGP is v1.0. Rob. --- No-frills sig. Befriend my mail filter by sending a message with the subject "send help" Key-ID: 5D3F2E99 1996/04/22 wlkngowl@unix.asb.com (root@magneto) AB1F4831 1993/05/10 Deranged Mutant <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com> Send a message with the subject "send pgp-key" for a copy of my key.