× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.


  1.  Home
  2. MI400
  3. October 2002

RE: Beginner question re: CPYBTL

Leif,

I always loved that example from Bruce !

Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: mi400-admin@midrange.com [mailto:mi400-admin@midrange.com] On
Behalf Of Leif Svalgaard
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 7:53 PM
To: mi400@midrange.com
Subject: Re: [MI400] Beginner question re: CPYBTL

I'll close this discussion with these words from Bruce Schneier (Preface
to
Applied Cryptography):

"If I take a letter, lock it in a safe, hide the safe somewhere in New
York,
then tell you to read the letter, that's not security. That's obscurity.
On
the other hand, if I take a letter and lock it in a safe, and then give
you
the safe along with the design specifications of the safe and a hundred
identical safes with their combinations so that you and the world's best
safecrackers can study the locking mechanism - and you still can't open
the
safe and read the letter - that's security."

As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

This thread ...
Follow-Ups:
Replies:
Follow On AppleNews
Return to Archive home page | Return to MIDRANGE.COM home page

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.