From pmetzger at lehman.com  Fri Jul  9 12:43:35 1993
From: pmetzger at lehman.com (Perry E. Metzger)
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 93 12:43:35 PDT
Subject: encrypted email software
In-Reply-To: <9307091925.AA04151@toad.com>
Message-ID: <9307091941.AA00142@snark.shearson.com>



Timothy Newsham says:
> > 
> > > DES isnt secure?  And where was it that you got this precious
> > > little piece of information?
> > > 
> > You mean to tell me you believe what your government tells you about DES?
> > Come on now!  It's been public knowledge for quite some time that the NSA
> > has a backdoor to DES and the FBI and other agencys know it.
> 
> Its public knowledge?
> were's the proof?
> Not one academic researcher has found it (and lived to publish
> about it).

100% correct. Although DES is likely breakable by brute force, that
can only be done at tremendous expense. The back door notion, although
still possible, is now not believed to be true.

Perry