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Subject: Re: Once tapped, your code is no good any more.
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From: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin)
Date: 21 Apr 93 22:52:24 GMT
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In <strnlghtC5uIJ4.76t@netcom.com> strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:

>In article <ELEE9SF.93Apr21095141@menudo.menudo.UH.EDU>
>elee9sf@menudo.menudo.UH.EDU (Karl Barrus) writes:

>>
>>Would you trust a black-box from the NSA versus an "open system" from
>>elsewhere?

>Absolutely, if I were assured by someone I trusted that the black box was
>more secure. I have nothing to conceal from the government, but I would like
>to be sure that any Russian, Japanese, French, or other competitors for my
>services can't read my traffic. I'd like to be sure that competitive bid
>information was safe from commercial competitors and foreign governments
>which would aid them.

>I believe the NSA has identical motivations with respect to my activities.
>The President and many other senior government officials have made it very
>clear that they share these motivations. Thus I'd trust them on the
>"coincidence of interests" argument as well as on a basic trust in their
>professionalism and a high confidence in their skills.

>David
>-- 
>David Sternlight         Great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of
>                         our information, errors and omissions excepted.  

Nothing but errors and omissions here!

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