Silly Shrinkwrapped Encryption

Ian Sparkes isparkes at q9f47.dmst02.telekom.de
Fri Jan 9 01:56:08 PST 1998



>Lotus made not secret of their GAK implementation in Notes. If the Swedish
>government bought Notes anyway, they have only themselves and the
>incompetence of their IS people to blame.
>
>Now they have to scrap a recently fielded system. Though luck. Better
>solutions than Notes were out there and easily to be found by the most
>casual buyer.
>

People buy Notes for the databases - the mail is just a freebie for most, a
bit like the radio in your car. The mail's not even very good (adequate at
most).

Anyone know if the databases are encrypted with the same GAK scheme?








More information about the cypherpunks-legacy mailing list