Devil's Advocate (again)

[Adam Shostack]

DCF wrote:

| Additionally, since properly executed crypto can only be breached by the 
| application of torture to the key holder, The VIIIth Amendment's 
| prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment may apply.

There are a number of good ways to breach modern cryptography without
torture.  They include:

Van Eck (Tempest) monitoring.
Sodium pentathol & its more modern cousins.
Bribery.
Blackmail.


Adam

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Adam Shostack 				       adam at bwh.harvard.edu

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