15 Dec
2010
15 Dec
'10
5:18 p.m.
On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 16:41 +0100, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
On 12/15/2010 11:14 AM, gene heskett wrote:
PS: In the late 80ies German professional soldiers working as radio
operators, who spied Russians radio, learn that it should take around 20
years to decrypted one mail. I know one and because it's a long time
ago, he's allowed to speak about this. Nobody is allowed to speak about
the current state, but it's still said, that it should take around 20
years. Suspect! I guess in 2020 or 2030 they are allowed to give
information about the state of today.
Ralf I suspect, if he were to use pgp, would be
like me, and only trust
pgp-2.6.2a, the last one before they put Zimmerman in jail for a few years.
I have often said, and have been called the uber paranoid for it, that one
of the conditions of his release was that the next generation of pgp had a
back door.
as they say, paranoia doesn't mean they're not after you!
:-D
i think this problem is mitigated somewhat by using open protocols with
open crypto implementations that have undergone public scrutiny. unless
you want to believe that "the NSA has quantum computers anyway and have
solved the entire problem space years ago" :)